Hi

I'm new to the forum but have been using air rifles for hobby shooting for years, now my youngest son has decided he wants to join me, I think this is great however for obvious reasons I am reluctant to allow him to use my Airarms 510, I do have my junior rifle that was given to me the best part of 35 years ago which I have started to get back into a good useable state more out of sentimentality than anything else however I do I like the idea that he will be the third generation to use the little Malbro model 25 that both my dad and I both learned to shoot with.

Over the years the rifle hasn't been stored with as much care as it should have, there is some surface rust in various places and the stock has suffered from my cousin giving it an awful black paint job, I have hand sanded the stock back to a reasonable finish and plan to wax it when I get time unless someone can recommend me a better finish for it, it is more the surface rust that bothers me, there is some on the cocking lever and trigger guard and some small patches on the barrel, I am not concerned about the bore as this has a brass insert and after a clean appears perfect still.

So this leads me to my question, I've been using wire wool to remove the worst of the surface rust but what should I do to remove the heavier patches on the lever and trigger guard I would like to know if attempting to reblue the components be a good idea or just a wipe over with some wd40 on a rag be a better plan or is there an alternative that I should do.

Thanks for your time