Gotta give credit to Richard Flanders for the Gunk soak but I pass that on to anyone facing rust removal issues. I did pass on in the old site an interesting observation. I placed small parts or groups into individual small locking plastic bags and filled with Gunk and headed off for a month holiday. Upon return, all bags were full of rusty liquid. The forend latch had a delicate lacework of rust that almost duplicated the part floating above it, including the dished-out finger hole. I touched the bag and it all disintegrated. I kicked myself over that, as I had taken so many pics and that rusty lace would have been a neat image.
I didn't swab the gun with Gunk, rather immersed all metal into the liquid, including the barrels. By using small plastic bags and improvised plastic bag sleeve for the barrels, I was able to get by with a small jug of Gunk for the whole job.
The archive seems not to have all the pics in the Second Chance Gun thread. Here's a couple just to give you an idea.
Cheers,
Jack
Hammer group after finally getting the action dismantled
Soaking in Gunk
No pics yet of end result but will get to that some day. My New Year's Resolution will be to actually finish one project as opposed to having all sorts of things apart (not just guns) That will surprise my wife and even me
Cheers
Jack
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