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Question for Clames- cleaning up an old Garand
Posted on 12/13/23 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 12/13/23 at 1:20 pm
I figure you might be the best source of knowledge on this.
I just picked up an old beater of a Garand (which is exactly the way I wanted it!
), and would like to clean it up but NOT refinish it.
It's a SA receiver, 1942 manufacture, with SA barrel (worn), and all SA parts. Stock is dinged and has rack numbers painted on it, dry and dirty, but in good overall condition. Most of the parkerizing is worn off with some freckling, but no deep pitting.
I've seen a lot of online posts about stripping and refinishing it, which I absolutely DON'T want to do. I want to revive it, but keep the character. What's the best way to do that?
I just picked up an old beater of a Garand (which is exactly the way I wanted it!
), and would like to clean it up but NOT refinish it. It's a SA receiver, 1942 manufacture, with SA barrel (worn), and all SA parts. Stock is dinged and has rack numbers painted on it, dry and dirty, but in good overall condition. Most of the parkerizing is worn off with some freckling, but no deep pitting.
I've seen a lot of online posts about stripping and refinishing it, which I absolutely DON'T want to do. I want to revive it, but keep the character. What's the best way to do that?
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:22 pm to Scoob
Tear it apart and neutralize any rust, clear cerakote everything and reassemble.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 2:54 am to Scoob
Check out Mark Novak on YouTube. He’s an expert gunsmith/gun conservationist. He has multiple videos of how to clean up antique firearms without destroying proof marks and cartouches
Posted on 12/14/23 at 12:37 pm to SwampAssassin
So for the old wooden stock, I guess gently wiping down with Murphy's Oil Soap, letting it dry thoroughly, and then a light coating of oil seems to be the suggestion online.
I want to "feed" the wood, but not make it shiny or darken it. I've read online to use:
Tung Oil
Boiled Linseed Oil
Raw Linseed Oil (those who say that, say flaxseed oil from the nutritional supplement dept at the grocery store is the same thing).
My issue is that the gun's color is where I want, it's just dry as hell. I got one of the guns brought in from Ethiopia, and they stored it in LITERALLY a goat or chicken shack.
As in:
Now, I really like the "been there, done that" look of the rifle I got, it's quite similar to this one
Springfield Armory 1942 receiver, and all SA parts. Dings but intact wood. I don't want to make it "like new".
As for the metal, I broke it down and cleaned everything yesterday in the sun, had worn finish but didn't find much (any) rust. Bore is dark and dirty, but as I'm cleaning it's really starting to freshen up. Sharp rifling in there.
Trigger group seemed to have old cosmoline in it, looks great after cleaning. Only place I found cosmoline.
I've seen a few people say lemon oil is good if you just want to nourish the wood, and won't bother the original finish. Is that ok? Re the flaxseed oil, people say that takes weeks to properly dry (if ever).
One of the issues is I don't know if it was Linseed or Tung to start out with, I don't know if you want one over the other.
I want to "feed" the wood, but not make it shiny or darken it. I've read online to use:
Tung Oil
Boiled Linseed Oil
Raw Linseed Oil (those who say that, say flaxseed oil from the nutritional supplement dept at the grocery store is the same thing).
My issue is that the gun's color is where I want, it's just dry as hell. I got one of the guns brought in from Ethiopia, and they stored it in LITERALLY a goat or chicken shack.
As in:
Now, I really like the "been there, done that" look of the rifle I got, it's quite similar to this one
Springfield Armory 1942 receiver, and all SA parts. Dings but intact wood. I don't want to make it "like new".
As for the metal, I broke it down and cleaned everything yesterday in the sun, had worn finish but didn't find much (any) rust. Bore is dark and dirty, but as I'm cleaning it's really starting to freshen up. Sharp rifling in there.
Trigger group seemed to have old cosmoline in it, looks great after cleaning. Only place I found cosmoline.
I've seen a few people say lemon oil is good if you just want to nourish the wood, and won't bother the original finish. Is that ok? Re the flaxseed oil, people say that takes weeks to properly dry (if ever).
One of the issues is I don't know if it was Linseed or Tung to start out with, I don't know if you want one over the other.
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