The receiver is a real mess. Lots of surface rust but only a little pitting
The main problem here is that somebody did a real doozy of a file job on the tang of the receiver where the cocking lever slides forward.
I cant put the metal back but I can clean up and finish the job somebody else started. Fast forward after lots of time cleaning up the receiver and polishing it and then brushing it with 0000 steel wool and this is what is looks like.
**Disclaimer*** Photographing polished metal means the metal will look like whatever your shirt looks like and your hand and your camera are going to reflect back at you.
And that nasty filing job is all cleaned up.
To get a better look at the polished receiver I have a video where unlike the stills you can see the pitting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhn0Q...ature=youtu.be
Then it was onto bluing. The same procedure except I use a cotton ball (several of them) to apply the dicropan. The receiver was blued 7 times and steel wooled after each application.
Here is a video of the blued recevier that shows it a little better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q297W...ature=youtu.be
Then it was time to reassemble all the metal parts.
And a video of the assembled receiver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N27h7...ature=youtu.be
The barrel is the last item to be restored.
To be continued ...................