Excellent work! I greatly enjoy sprucing up shooters, and really appreciate it when other collectors show their work on such projects. Can you share with us your techniques for planing down the surface to remove the buffing and pitting? I have a 1906 Portuguese M2 that I am thinking of 'improving' further along the lines of what you are doing to to this pistol.
I've had Charles reblue some items for me and his work is always top notch. In discussing refinishing prep with him, he says that on a high quality refinish, the real work is in preparing the surface (as you are doing).
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