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Originally Posted by Brian Dudley
What a buy for you! The gun is in good condition for the age. Very nice figure still showing in the barrels. Like many very old guns, it looks like this one may have had varnish or shelac put over the wood and metal parts as an attempt to preserver or protect it. That is where the yellow color on the metal is coming from and also the shiny look of the stock. This will usually come off with careful use of denatured alcohol. Apart from a good cleaning and a check over by someone versed with old guns / Parkers, it should not need much.
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For the cleaning, what type of cleaning would you do? The stock was not shiny untill I put remoil on it. I put a light coat of rem oil on the whole gun. I have cleaned many guns, but never one this old. Should I try a Frountier pad to get all the old dirt and stuff off or just clean it carefully with denatured alcohol?