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    And here are the "after" pictures.....this involved using Citristrip to remove the old varnish, no sanding, three coats of BLOicon with a 0000 steel wool rubdown after each coat. Unfortunately for the owner, he will have to revise his initial valuation down due to the non-matching front handguard and the refinished stock. Once stripped, the stock appeared to have been lightly sanded due to there being no proof marks or Wermacht markings found on it. It is still a beautiful gun and should bring the owner a good price when he sells it, especially with an original sling (which is in excellent condition). It truly makes you appreciate the all-matching guns when you find them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Singer B View Post
    this involved using Citristrip to remove the old varnish, no sanding,
    Exactly...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Singer B View Post
    And here are the "after" pictures.....this involved using Citristrip to remove the old varnish, no sanding, three coats of BLOicon with a 0000 steel wool rubdown after each coat. Unfortunately for the owner, he will have to revise his initial valuation down due to the non-matching front handguard and the refinished stock. Once stripped, the stock appeared to have been lightly sanded due to there being no proof marks or Wermacht markings found on it. It is still a beautiful gun and should bring the owner a good price when he sells it, especially with an original sling (which is in excellent condition). It truly makes you appreciate the all-matching guns when you find them.
    Looks much better.
    Shame about the sanded stock removing the acceptance stamps, but not uncommon from the days when these could be bought for $30 and making it look nice was more important that preserving its history.
    Just the thing for putting round holes in square heads.

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