Do you think my 41 has been re-blued?

[Norme]

Hi James,
I would leave well enough alone if I were you. Removing those small parts so that they can be de-blued is tricky, which is the reason they were blued in the first place. It was just too much trouble so the whole gun was immersed in bluing solution instead of being painstakingly disassembled. Even were you to succeed you would never restore this gun's virginity.
Regards, Norm

[Sky Zero]

Originally Posted by Norme

Hi James,
I would leave well enough alone if I were you. Removing those small parts so that they can be de-blued is tricky, which is the reason they were blued in the first place. It was just too much trouble so the whole gun was immersed in bluing solution instead of being painstakingly disassembled. Even were you to succeed you would never restore this gun's virginity.
Regards, Norm

roger, and noted. I'm looking at the safety bar thing and that lone seems hard enough to remove haha.

Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

Not sure how bad the rust is, but you can try to carefully minimize it and keep the area lightly lubed. But "above all do no harm".
dju

roger