Another extraordinary restoration?

[Garvin]

See this:

https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....fle/#post-7480

By the same Slovakian seller as this one:

https://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread.php?898515

[isobar]

very nice work,i'm no expert but that shade of blue looks just right as it does with the other rifle.not easy to get a beech stock to look that good either.
i wonder what concoction he uses for his bluing?very good job with the metal preparation,if anything too good.the trigger guard still has some factory rough edges.
brilliant.perhaps he needs to have a go at my 1938 model 27

[ccdjg]

very nice work,i'm no expert but that shade of blue looks just right as it does with the other rifle.not easy to get a beech stock to look that good either.
i wonder what concoction he uses for his bluing?

I have been able to get that shade of blue by the traditional hot caustic salt method, by adding a small amount of nickel sulphate to the mix. Without the nickel you get the usual jet black colour

[isobar]

I have been able to get that shade of blue by the traditional hot caustic salt method, by adding a small amount of nickel sulphate to the mix. Without the nickel you get the usual jet black colour

that's interesting,it makes a very nice finish,thanks for the knowledge.

[evert]

Are these beeing sold as refinished?

[Garvin]

Are these beeing sold as refinished?

Good question. The seller says original bluing only very slightly restored.

Edit: trouble with restored guns, you never really know what it was like before. It was obviously very good, probably extremely good, but for instance not a single dent in the stock. Really?