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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

The Mauser Sporter Project Part 4

If you missed the first three posts, click on the links below

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Now it is time to clean up the metal parts and get them blued








The magazine floor plate, I removed the poorly stamped numbers





I did the same here


Time to start thinning the trigger guard, I put lines at 1/8" in from the sides


Then I begin filing



There was some pitting hiding under the Parkerizing


I also removed the step at the front of the trigger guard


Here it is with a 1200 grit finish


And polished up, ready for the bluing tank


I had some work to do on the receiver.





And polished up ready to be blued




and the parts fresh from an oil soak after bluing


Time to start reassembling the rifle




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