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dws1117 wrote:http://webpages.charter.net/leko/My%20Guns/guns0002.JPG

Thats a sharp looking Springfield there!

I'll give him a holler...

The rifle is a BAR "Sportster" 30.06...

It was my gransfathers before it came to my safekeeping...I've fired it just a few times, and it has been religated to a position way back in the gunsafe...Of which, has a de-humidifier that I thought would keep stuff like that from happening...

Very confused...

I think the damage is superficial, and with a little elbow grease, I may be able to remove and correct for the oxidation...And I don;t think there is much pitting on the barrel to begin with...

If anything I'll take a crack at it this week, and see if I can improve the situation...

Anybody have any recomendations on some products to remove the corrosion, and clean this puppy up??? And any products to lightly coat the rifle (and possibly other firearms I have in there) to protect it???

Charles L. Cotton wrote:Ed Vanden Berg of Vanden Berg Custom has done all of my pistolsmith work for 15 years or so. His prices are very reasonable for a custom 'smith. He won't take 6 months, but you won't have it back in a week or two either. Ed's very good and, reasonable on his prices, so he stays very busy.

Here's a link: http://www.vandenbergcustom.com/

He's on Old Galveston Road (Hwy. 3) across from Ellington Field. This is not far from my area in Friendswood, so I can give you some tips about finding it, if you decide to use Ed.

Regards,
Chas.

Is Ed the guy that works out of that business park there???

Behind the Bikers Passion store, in that complex???

I have a rifle that needs some cosmetic fixes to the barrel (some rusting, gasp!) I guess I could clean that up myself, and I may do that, I am just not sure how to get into that "pitting" well enough to stop the corrosion...