Are these Mausers restorable?

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09 June 2006, 05:36

D Humbarger

Are these Mausers restorable?

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09 June 2006, 05:39

GSP7

Nope! Nice of someone to take the time to organize and take pictures of scrap rust though

09 June 2006, 06:22

vapodog

Return them to the smelter and turn them into plow shares.....IMO they are not at all useful for sporters.

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09 June 2006, 06:43

ForrestB

On Guns America they would be described as having minor surface rust and some pitting below the woodline.

09 June 2006, 08:37

22WRF

Those are exactly what a guy needs to be able to buy to use as practice material for cutting down mauser actions to .250 savage size. where can a guy get a bunch of those for cheap.

09 June 2006, 09:47

Gringo Cazador

I think the second from the top is restorable

As far as Gunamerica or gunbroker.......they would say it has a lovely patina....whatever the hell patina is....for all I know I can't even spell it.

09 June 2006, 10:17

GSP7

Quaint, Rustic, fixer uper!

09 June 2006, 11:36

georgeld

Someone that's smart enough would load the whole bunch up and take 'em to one of those gun buyback cities and swap them for a truck load of money.

Was it Boston a couple months ago?? somewhere back in that area. Never seen any restrictions other than they'd pay so much, in the article I read and am referring to it was a flat $200 per gun, no questions asked.

These would be perfect for such a deal. Contact some gun owner resident to do the selling so they'd qualify and split the cash.

I'm damned serious about this too.

George

09 June 2006, 12:07

Rusty

ForestB,
Now that's is funny!

10 June 2006, 12:03

georgeld

Thanks Rusty:

Not many of my 'opinions' come out 'funny'.

Most tend to piss people off!

Wouldn't that be a thrill to do though???

Take care,

George

10 June 2006, 19:49

jeffeosso

George, that would be PERFECT

Now, there was a mescerschmidt pulled out of the rhine in france that had gown down without an engine failure (out of gas?).. they pulled it out after FIFTY years and used some giant tank chemical treatment, that remove the rust from the surface (even though it was caked up) and were able to , after 6 months, pull the motor down, replace bearings and seals, and get it started...

not quite the same as having a 55kpsi explosion going off next to you face, though

jeffe

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10 June 2006, 21:38

Tex21

OT...

Jeffe,

Wasn't that some type of reverse electroplating method they used to pull corrosive off? I saw a show on this a while back but can't remember the exact name for this process.