Half the fun is breaking them down and getting 70 years of gunk out. They look so nice all cleaned up and grime free!
I bought a P.38 ac43 that was really gummed up and grimy. Inside was coated with this thick, gray, sticky as Hell "crap" (the only word I can think of for the substance). Outside had a thin layer over it. I think it was really old ball bearing grease. It was so gummed up that the safety lever would creep a little after engaging it. And I was hard even moving the lever. It took around two weeks of scrubbing each part with a military cleaner (that is VERY potenant) called PD680 to clear that crap out. Afterward, that finish was so nice on the outside, almost a purple'ish bluing. And the moving parts were so crisp after that cleaning. That one wasn't as fun to clean, but the result was great.
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