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#98472 06/14/08 01:59 PM
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A friend dragged a Winchester 52C target rifle out which has been sitting in a case for 25 years, and I've offered to try to clean it up for her. Needless to say, it's rusty - especially on the Redfield Olympic sight. Any suggestions for removing the black rust stains which are remaining on the scale part of the sights after I have worked on it with Hoppe's?

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I've had good luck using Flitz's Metal Polish for removing rust in these types of situations. The good thing about Flitz's is that it won't remove the blueing as well. I just put some on cotton balls and rub until the rust is gone. Anyway that's how I do it but I'm sure you'll get other suggestions here.
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JMO, but the 'black rust stains' are blueing. If you're trying to remove that from what should be a bare silver finish on a sight scale, I'd either use an appropriate grade of wet or dry paper to match the original polishing or a rust/blueing remover. Of course, polish in the same direction as the original polishing marks.

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