Refinishing questions

[Forever_frost]

Any rust in the barrel?

Inside the barrel, not that I saw. I spent quite a while running bore brushes down the barrel and then soaking it in gun oil.

[TeeShock]

Inside the barrel, not that I saw. I spent quite a while running bore brushes down the barrel and then soaking it in gun oil.

I'm dealing with a pitted rust barrel on a black powder

[Forever_frost]

I'm dealing with a pitted rust barrel on a black powder

What are you going to do about that? I'd just toss it if the barrel was pitted in the barrel, especially on a cheap rifle

[TeeShock]

What are you going to do about that? I'd just toss it if the barrel was pitted in the barrel, especially on a cheap rifle

It's a cheap rifle. The rifling looks okay but it's definitely not perfect. Part of me wants to just trash the whole project. The time it would take exceeds the guns value.

[YALE]

It's a cheap rifle. The rifling looks okay but it's definitely not perfect. Part of me wants to just trash the whole project. The time it would take exceeds the guns value.

I would trash it, if it's badly pitted. Black powder is corrosive, so it'll just get worse.

[likeitfast55]

I would trash it, if it's badly pitted. Black powder is corrosive, so it'll just get worse.

From what I read, some black powder ignition by-products are NaCl(salt). Salt inside a barrel = rust. The old 7.62x54 ammo was corrosive due to the primer powder. NaCl residue = rust. Hence corrosive ammo.

CJ please correct me if I am in error.

[CJ]

From what I read, some black powder ignition by-products are NaCl(salt). Salt inside a barrel = rust. The old 7.62x54 ammo was corrosive due to the primer powder. NaCl residue = rust. Hence corrosive ammo.

CJ please correct me if I am in error.

Yes, they have standard smokeless powder but use primers with potassium chloride which is corrosive. The reason Russia does this is they are cheap bastards and the shelf life of potassium chloride primers is much longer than non-corrosive. That's the same reason WW1 russian spam cans are still fine to shoot today. It has it benefits.

[DieselSmoke]

Here is a Model 60 a did a few years back. Cant remember what grain i used on the wood but like the stain it was whatever i head laying around the garage at the time.

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3633&highlight=glenfield

[Forever_frost]

220 grit is working like a boss. I took what was left of the clear coat off and the coloring just pretty much came off right behind it. I roughed it up a bit and applied the first coat of what is called "Gunstock." I figured it was fitting.