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