It's a good question. I haven't a clue really as I saw no sign of that much corrosion/rust on the interior to suggest this is just rust. It's very strange but, at the same time, I don't know how easy this is to 'fix' and what it might do the condition of the gun as is. I don't know much about local gunsmiths who could deal with this (I have a local Webley guy and I believe there's a Luger guy down in Tacoma but don't know him personally).
I'll see if I can take better photos but I'm a curmudgeonly 33 year old who thinks, some days, he's either a 1910s Brit or a Roman! :P My digital camera is an old one from 2003 with an 8 MB memory card! 
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Michael
Nos morituri te salutant - Supposed saying of the gladiators to the emperor ('We, who are about to die, salute you.')
'We are the lantern bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind' - From Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers
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