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ths will be a lengthy and photo driven thread with huge pictures that won't fit your screen. I apologize. let me start by saying that I inherited a lathe today it old, its big and its a huge learning curve, but I ain't complaining. so let's get started, if you saw the first part, it was just the adding of the scope mount. a few days ago, I decided I wanted a polished barrel.......LOTS OF WORK GUYS!!! but worth it
first of I had to get the rear sight base off, I didn't have a torch handy, but I had a fireplace....
I just heated it up enough until I could see the silver solder bubbling, then it hammers right off, but then your left with the ugly sight base, which I jus went to work with a 4" grinder(maybe not the best idea, created a lot of work in the end)
after grinding that, I began the white vinegar soak, I just wrapped a towel around the barrel after plugging the bore, then dumped about half a gallon of vinegar on the towel and let it sit for an hour, wiped it some, let it soak again...repeat and repeat
ths will be a lengthy and photo driven thread with huge pictures that won't fit your screen. I apologize. let me start by saying that I inherited a lathe today it old, its big and its a huge learning curve, but I ain't complaining. so let's get started, if you saw the first part, it was just the adding of the scope mount. a few days ago, I decided I wanted a polished barrel.......LOTS OF WORK GUYS!!! but worth it
first of I had to get the rear sight base off, I didn't have a torch handy, but I had a fireplace....
I just heated it up enough until I could see the silver solder bubbling, then it hammers right off, but then your left with the ugly sight base, which I jus went to work with a 4" grinder(maybe not the best idea, created a lot of work in the end)
after grinding that, I began the white vinegar soak, I just wrapped a towel around the barrel after plugging the bore, then dumped about half a gallon of vinegar on the towel and let it sit for an hour, wiped it some, let it soak again...repeat and repeat
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