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Can anyone recommend a product to remove the finish the brits use on their Enfields? I have got the number 4 rebarreled but would like to finish the action with the same blue as the barrel. It looks like parkerizing. I tried Brownells Steel White but it won't touch it. Never rode a bull, but have shot some. NRA life member NRA LEO firearms instructor (retired) NRA Golden Eagles member | ||
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Draw filing with a mill bastard will work, as will wet & dry paper wrapped around a sanding block. | |||
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You have a Number 4, not a Mark 4. Most of them are blued, many are painted, and some are parkerized. You can blue over the parkerizing. If it is gray and sand blasted, it is. You can't file all over the receiver; too many nooks and crannies. I would abrasive blast it, or if it is a uniform finish, blue over it. Or as started, use abrasive paper on it. Many ways to do it. Use a belt sander for the areas you can reach. | |||
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dpcd I knew that  It looks like parkerizing . Forgot to add its a Longbranch if that makes any difference. I can never get the marks and numbers straightNever rode a bull, but have shot some. NRA life member NRA LEO firearms instructor (retired) NRA Golden Eagles member | |||
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Long Branch #4s are blued, originally. You can blue over parkerizing as is. | |||
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I'd recommend a 10 minute boil/steam, wire brush, de-grease and rust blue over all. British Formula. It will all blend together. www.rustblue.com | |||
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I Bead blast and hot blue them. Most No4Mk1's were hot blued from the factory, later No4Mk2's were phosphated and painted in Suncorite paint. Also many were treated like this in FTR (Factory Thorough Refurbish) programs after 1945 | |||
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Yes, do what Bobster said. With his blue solution. | |||
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Bobster I will give your recommendation a try. I don't hot blue anymore so a steam bath sounds like a good solution. Thanks Never rode a bull, but have shot some. NRA life member NRA LEO firearms instructor (retired) NRA Golden Eagles member | |||
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Why? The gun is what it is. It won't be original. Let it be as it is. If it is a Lend Lease rather than a pre-Lend Lease Savage (or a Long Branch) it'll look wrong if it is blued. From memory...long time since I've been around any sort of Enfield as these were phosphated. In fact I've seen some of these North American rifles, U.S. Property marked, made by Savage, that were almost green. If it is a BSA or Fazackerley made No4 it'll be chemically blacked I'd think. I haven't handled an Enfield, any sort, for near ten years plus now. | |||
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Long Branch are blued. His was refinished at some point in phosphate. He can't hurt it if he wants blue. It isn't original now. | |||
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Just for information it was not in original condition it had been cut down. I salvaged the receiver for a rebarrel. Yes it has a phosphate finish but will try the rust blue and see how that goes. Never rode a bull, but have shot some. NRA life member NRA LEO firearms instructor (retired) NRA Golden Eagles member | |||
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He is making it into a 45-70 | |||
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Aha. Do you think it will feed? I think there are Brit versions of a blown out .303 cartridge that might work better? Some sort of .375" from memory? The .375 Nitro Express. 270 grain bullet at 1,900 fps. Better than a standard pressure losded .45-70 and probably feed better too? It was what it was designed for... | |||
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It will feed perfectly the only hitch is getting the magazine feed lips right so the cartridge will come out at the correct angle I have turned the case rim to .550 from as I remember off the top of my head .605 on the 45-70. This is the third one I have made and all shoot great. I don't cut up original guns just those that have been sporterized and are not worth rebuilding back. Never rode a bull, but have shot some. NRA life member NRA LEO firearms instructor (retired) NRA Golden Eagles member | |||
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