Chuck is right!! Please use a commercial stripper. Most will at least soften the finish on a latterday Browning. Repeated applications alternating with some armstrong encouragement with laquer thiner and fine or medium Scotchbrite should remove most of it. Before going that desperate route, I think I'd consider cutting it down to dull satin with pumice and a lubricant (water, linseed, veg. oil) on a solid backed felt rubber and then compounding it back up to an acceptable sheen and transparency. Even a bit of buffing with the old 4/0 might be preferable to the wrecking ball approach you're contemplating. But what do I know? Jimmy, be nice; gun's a classic in the making.
jack
