Well, I expected to have to do a lot of stock work. It still had patches of varnish or some other finish on the wood, but it was 90% gone. The stock was a disappointment after washing in Mineral Spirits. I then coated all metal parts with oil and set them aside. I’ve tried the standard Blue, but it has exactly 1/2 the bluing agent as Super Blue. I cleaned all the metal parts completely and then re-blued them with Birchwood Casey Super Blue. You have to be sure to get every bit of grease out of there or the firing pin won’t strike properly. I couldn’t even see any rifling, but knew from experience that it would take some cleaning to get to the rifling. When I pushed a patch through the barrel, the Cosmoline came out like a pile of guts. I had to pry the action out of the stock. I don’t think we will have to worry about any rust. Here’s how the action looked when I took it apart. I just kept repeating “Cosmoline if our friend. I then lay the parts out in the sunlight and they are dry in 15 minutes. I use Mineral Spirits to wash the Cosmoline from all parts of the rifle. I began by taking it all apart and started the long process of removing the Cosmoline.
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