Leave it alone or ?

ithacaartist · 11-23-2014, 01:33 PM

Congratulations on your acquisition. Harness this old workhorse up and coax a little bit of work from it at the range. You can make it look a lot better doing a home restoration of the finish. Most of the grunt work is in the prep, but other than getting its surfaces chemically ready for a dip, I would not put a bunch of hand work into it. One would be able to tell it was re-blued over pits but its initial impression would be much better, and adequate for this particular situation, IMHO. Non-professional (unpaid/experimental) work on this one is the only economical way, and this example would be a great chance to practice the procedures.

11-23-2014, 01:33 PM	#11
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,419 Thanks: 7,605 Thanked 2,672 Times in 1,403 Posts	Congratulations on your acquisition. Harness this old workhorse up and coax a little bit of work from it at the range. You can make it look a lot better doing a home restoration of the finish. Most of the grunt work is in the prep, but other than getting its surfaces chemically ready for a dip, I would not put a bunch of hand work into it. One would be able to tell it was re-blued over pits but its initial impression would be much better, and adequate for this particular situation, IMHO. Non-professional (unpaid/experimental) work on this one is the only economical way, and this example would be a great chance to practice the procedures. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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