pollishing bolt question

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WyomingWhitetail

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so today i broke out the sand paper and messed with my two projects a little, a mauser, and a marlin 336. I'm completely rebuilding both of them and i want to polish the bolt on both guns for the end product. Luckily the Mauser bolt isn't pitted so it will just be a matter of making it shiny. Now the marlin bolt has some pits on it. The pits aren't deep, some of them you can't even feel with you nail but i don't want to remove to much and jeopardize the function of the bolt. So what are the options for removing pits from a bolt.
 
You have two choices:
1. Polish the bolt, and the pits (by blending them).
2. Remove enough metal to remove the pits.

That's all you've got.
To remove pits, you have to remove metal. If you can't remove metal, you have to improvise (and blend, if possible) ...or just live with some pitting.
 
FrankenMauser is right. Removing enough metal to totally remove the pits is probably a bad idea IMHO. A flannel wheel on a bench grinder and a little jewler's rouge will polish the bolt to where you will not be able to see the pits without removing much metal. After that you can blue it if you want do a nice machine turned finish for a true custom look. Either way the pitting is only a cosmetic blemish on the 336. Those actions are built solid.
 
ok guess just polish it up and see what it looks like, Im planning on leaving the bolts polished as i think it will look better than blueing after a few years of use. The pits arn't deep so i think ill try to work and blend them out best i can then polish it to where you cant really see them. sure is a slow process tho.
 
I've used a high speed die grinder with a soft wheel that spins 30,000 rpms on a bolt, turned out awesome. The different colored bars of abrasive work really well, you can get them at the welding supply store.
 
Dremel, Cup style wire brush, polishing compound w/abrasive. Jewel the bolt. Imperfections dont show up well.
 
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