Deals Can Still Be Found At Gun Shows

[Death-Ace]

I went to a well known local gun show three hours after opening. After an hour of seaching, I can't believe I passed over these once...and the fact no one had snatched them up until then at $3.00 a pop!

Sorry for the bad pics, camera went insane and my trusty Android had to save the day!








1) WWI-era P.08 Magazine (surface rust, but no pitting that I can see so far)

















2) fxo 37 Black Base P.08 Magazine (same, bluing's all there and the surface rust is not deep)

[Wilhelm]

What a great score! You saved 194 bucks.
Wilhelm

[jh-ss44]

Yes ! As I say , if you really look , deals still can be found.
now this deal was a steal.
most of my extra mags , p-o8 (ww1 &ww2) I paid about the same as newly made ones sell for. p-38 mags I find cheaper than that.
pays to Really look.
congratulations to you for the find.
happy future hunting !
jeff

[DieSoldat]

Holy Smokes..Man what a deal (steal ) you sure did save a few Bucks! My most recent is a WWII german sling frog for $1.00 good hunting

[Death-Ace]

Guys,

Thanks! I was lucky Also bought some nice antique ammo for a few bucks. Said he had a box full of things...shoulda asked him yesterday! This'll help for my sword fund and car mods. As for the WWI mag, Imma post it on the liver forum and see if anyone has the gun. If it still exists, I hope!


Keep up the good work as well! The year is still young!

Lev

[Death-Ace]

Also, does anyone know a good solution to getting rid of light surface rust without affecting the finish on these mags? Thanks!

[Pistooli]

Also, does anyone know a good solution to getting rid of light surface rust without affecting the finish on these mags? Thanks!

Wire wool some oil and elbow grease works as well as anything. There is no magic formula.

[Death-Ace]

Wire wool some oil and elbow grease works as well as anything. There is no magic formula.

True, just don't want to mess up the finish. I've read that 0000 or 00000 does the trick?

[Johnny Peppers]

The 4/0 steel wool is the finest that I can find locally, and as suggested below does a good job of removing surface rust without harming the finish. Rub hard enough with anything and you can cause damage to the finish. Just a light brushing with the steel wool and oil will do the trick.

[sneakerd]

GAAAAAH!!!! Not steel wool- use BRONZE wool and 3 in 1 regular household oil. STEEL WOOL? What's wrong with you guys? No offense meant.

[Johnny Peppers]

GAAAAAH!!!! Not steel wool- use BRONZE wool and 3 in 1 regular household oil. STEEL WOOL? What's wrong with you guys? No offense meant.

Just to bring a little fact into the conversation, when firearms were finished in rust blue, guess what was used to remove the rust to reveal the blue? Yep, steel wool, or powered wire wheels. This was serious rust brought on by the bluing solution that contained nitric acid, and the process of removing the rust was called scaling. 4/0 steel wool is perfectly safe to remove rust as it is used primarily to polish.

Bronze wool was produced for refinishing boats where particles from the steel wool might imbed in the hull, and later rust when put in the water. The particles left by the bronze wool didn't rust.

[sneakerd]

Feel free to use steel wool if you wish. I stopped using it years ago and in my circle it is very well known that bronze wool is gentler and does not damage finish like steel wool does. Call it... more forgiving.

[Pistooli]

True, just don't want to mess up the finish. I've read that 0000 or 00000 does the trick?

Either will work They will never look like new mags once they have started rusting, but if you are concerned about the finish just refinish the mags. I refinish rusty metal things quite often and I think they look ok.



As has already been said, use steel wool to card off the rust between passes. It's a rust blued gun

[Johnny Peppers]

Feel free to use steel wool if you wish. I stopped using it years ago and in my circle it is very well known that bronze wool is gentler and does not damage finish like steel wool does. Call it... more forgiving.

I will admit that I have only been the 4/0 steel wool and oil for slightly less than 60 years, so just any day now the finish may come off what I am cleaning. If I ever need to refinish a wooden boat, I will definitely use the bronze wool.

Neither the steel wool or the bronze wool are any more forgiving than the person using it.

[sneakerd]

Your last sentence is simply not true. Bronze is "softer" than steel. Therefore, if you use bronze wool, it simply does not abrade steel the way steel wool does. Yes you can overdue it with bronze wool just as with steel wool, so it does depend on the user. Why do we use brass punches or hammers when needed on steel? Because the brass does not mar the steel as much. As I said, do what you want- but just because you have been doing it one way for 60 years doesn't mean there isn't a better way.