Looking for suggestions on 1905 4th change rehab

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FranklinDelanoRomanowski

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I recently acquired this old revolver from a relative and she has obviously seen better days. Although ugly, her action feels good and the bore miraculously has very little surface rust and no pitting that I can detect. The barrel is all scratched to **** though and zero bluing remains. The gun is also in pretty bad shape :rofl:

Ideally, I'd like to just stop the rust as I'm not looking to sell it so making it pretty isn't important to me. I actually rather dig the antique patina she is developing and I just want to halt any further corrosion. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks.

P.S. The metal polish in the background is not for use on the gun.

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GBExpat said:
Welcome to THR, FDR! :)

I have four of those vintage revolvers, 2/ea in .38spl and .32-20.

If that were my pistol, since the bluing is history, I would start by giving it a soak in something like EvapoRust (after, first,cleaning it, o'course) to eliminate any extant rust sites ... and then "oil" it well. ;)
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Hey! Thanks for the warm welcome and advice! Glad to hear these guns are still around and kicking. Now to find some non +p ammo for it...

Col. Harrumph said:
Before doing that, explore Mark Novak's youtube videos about conservation. He's taken guns looking much like yours and boils them in tap water for ~45 minutes. Then removes the crud that results with a soft wire brush.
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This video is awesome and I will for sure give this method a shot first. Thanks a bunch for the channel recommendation!
 
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