Ow.
My fingers hurt like hell tonight. Not from the hours of yardwork that the rest of my muscles ache from, but from the four hours AFTER that sanding and polishing the internals and brass on this gun.
Suffice it to say there ain't any rust to be found any more. Not a lick. Everything steel that was rusty is now polished and in the white.
I had a few moments of wondering; there were some tool marks on the mainspring that look like maybe a pair of pliers or vise-grips got used at one time. Tool marks on ANY spring are a no-no, so I sanded and sanded with 180 wet-or-dry until they were all out, then finished polished with 320, finishing up with 600. While I was at it, I smoothed and polished the area where the hammer roller rides, and smoothed and contoured the sides. Same went for the hammer, trigger, hand and bolt assemblies. Then I turned my attention to the frame; both inside & out. Now, some folks would ask why I'm wet-sanding and polishing the INSIDE of the frame...I dunno, maybe 'cuz when I pull the cylinder out I wanna see as much detail and craftsmanship in the hidden areas as in the easily viewed parts?
I don't do second-rate.
Somebody is gonna pay a pretty penny for my labors, and it's gonna be worth it. Wait and see!
No pix yet; I'll try to get some shot before I blue the white internals. Now why you wanna blue internals, you're asking? Again; so parts like springs and such won't rust. I took off any protective coating during the polishing process. Sure, I could oil it up real good, but that would be a second-rate job. And we're not going there.
More as it happens!
