My New IMA antique

[piaggior]

This is my new purchase from IMA. It looks pretty good, so far. I am a little worried about the barrel under the wood, but hopefully, under all of the yak fat, there is a pretty nice rifle.

[piaggior]

Well, it didn't look as good as I was hoping, but it really doesn't look as bad as I thought it might. It's all pretty clean except for these two pitted spots:




What do you guys think?

[normsutton]

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that not bad at all, I have 2 that are a lot worse and shot them both ,

NORM

[normsutton]

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I have another one coming on Monday,

these were the last 2 I got

http://olderthendirt.proboards.com/inde ... 306&page=1

http://olderthendirt.proboards.com/inde ... 306&page=2

http://olderthendirt.proboards.com/inde ... 306&page=3

NORM

[piaggior]

Good, glad to hear it's not that bad. Tomorrow, I will take all of the metal parts to my work to put in the solvent tank to clean up.

Do you blast and reblue, or just clean the rust and leave it as is?

[normsutton]

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I like to glass blast every thing, then polish every thing up with a 6 in. fine wire wheel, then I cold blue it

NORM

[piaggior]

Well, it's all apart, and everything looks great. All my screws are alright, but I'll probably replace the band screws. I am missing the cleaning rod stop, so I guess I need to make one tomorrow.

What brand of cold blue do you use, Norm? All of your's look perfect!

[normsutton]

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I missing one to on this one , its a simple fix ,I use OXPHO-BLUE, http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1072 ... O_BLUE_reg_

some times you can find it at gun stores and at gun show's , I just order it direct,

this is my new one
viewtopic.php?f=10&p=37219#p37219

NORM