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Article Published
Date: 03/02/2008 |
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Mangrum |
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Recently Layne signed up a new Sponsor and when I went
to their website I saw they were offering to Parkerize a
Mauser (any type),
1911 or
Mosin Nagant (1891/30, m38, m44, etc) for only $75.
I had picked up a
Spanish FR-8 carbine that had a great bore, shot
very well, but had seen some wear. The original
Parkerize finish was completely gone in some places and
there was visible rust. Knowing a great deal when I see
one I packaged up my carbine and shipped it off. |
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DGC Custom Gunsmithing |
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992 B HWY 51
N Covington TN
1 901 476 4023 / toll free 1 888 476 4023
https://www.dgccustomgunsmithing.com/
Home of the $75.00 Parkerizing
Job for Mausers, Mosin Nagants, and 1911s |
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Figure 1 |
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Muzzle area. About 50%
finish still remains |
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Figure 2 |
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Bolt only has about 50%
of finish |
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Figure 3 |
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Magazine cover and
trigger guard have almost no finish and are
pitted with rust |
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Figure 4 |
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All the metal parts of
the carbine. Arrows highlight visible rust
areas |
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Figure 5 |
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DGC Gunsmithing
removing rust from parts |
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Figure 6 |
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DGC Gunsmithing
cleaning and degreasing parts |
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Figure 7 |
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Bead blasting remaining
original finish and any rust |
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Figure 8 |
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Bead blasting remaining
original finish and any rust |
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Figure 9 |
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All metal parts post
bead blasting. All of the parts are now in
the "white" (bare metal) |
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Figure 10 |
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In the Parkerizing tank |
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Figure 11 |
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In the Parkerizing tank |
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Figure 12 |
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In the Parkerizing tank |
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Figure 13 |
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In the Parkerizing tank |
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Figure 14 |
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Hanging up and drying
with a coat of oil to stop the Parkerizing
process |
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Figure 15 |
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Back at home and
reassembled! |
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Figure 16 |
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Back at home and
reassembled! |
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Back at home and
reassembled! |
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Figure 18 |
| If you want to get a closer look at
the finished product, just click on figure
18 above to see a larger version of the
photo. |
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A couple of weeks later my FR-8 came back home looking
very different then before. It now has an excellent dark
Parkerized finish over 100% of the surface and all of
the rust is gone. Now I am going to have to work on the
stock and pick up a new sling. I think I might just have
me a "new" camp carbine. :) |
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