Polishing Springfield parts

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10 September 2006, 21:11

Bill/Oregon

Polishing Springfield parts

My '03 has the usual partially parkerized bolt parts and the 11-44 barrel shows the fine milling marks. Can a complete amateur do any polishing on any of these parts without doing more harm than good? Is a Dremel at useful for any of this, or does one really need good polishing wheels?

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11 September 2006, 07:20

craigster

Bill,

I've polished a couple of Springfields and lots of Mausers with nothing more than files, stones, wetordry, and emory cloth. Time and patience is about all else required.

11 September 2006, 14:05

Andre Mertens

Talking about polishing, what parts should one stone to eliminate (light) trigger creep at let-off stage ?

André
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11 September 2006, 23:44

JudgeSharpe

Hello the Campfire:
If one does not know what parts to stone to remove creep, one should not try it. Find someone who does know and watch several times before you try. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
Just my humble opinion, but please let me know where you are shooting so I sill not be there.
Judge Sharpe

Is it safe to let for a 58 year old man run around in the woods unsupervised with a high powered rifle?