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Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?

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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?

Post by Vaquero » Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:13 pm

Rep, I can't remember exactly, but was a some popular paint stripper.
Then smoothed out with some 0000 steel wool.
It actually came off pretty easy.

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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?

Post by fortyshooter » Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:37 pm

Vaquero wrote:
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Forty I did something similar to Bandit, I stripped the the receiver cover and barrel band. I let the cover tarnish a little then put a clear coat over it.

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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?

Post by Vaquero » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:29 pm

Thanks forty.

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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?

Post by SittingBull » Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:28 pm

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Zamac but these covers and barrel bands are tough. I stripped them down to bare metal. Heavy and machined precisely.
I went with the warm gold color.
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?

Post by SittingBull » Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:34 pm

I used Aircraft Remover spray. With a brass wire brush. You have to take the cover off the receiver though along with the barrel bands.
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?

Post by Sir Henry » Sat Jul 17, 2021 1:57 pm

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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?

Post by SittingBull » Sat Jul 17, 2021 4:28 pm

Removed the cover and band, stripped the black paint off both. Easy!! light sanded (600 grit) cleaned with acetone
then primed and sprayed. Good old Rustoleum rattle can.
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?

Post by Sir Henry » Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:16 pm

SittingBull wrote:
Sat Jul 17, 2021 4:28 pm
Removed the cover and band, stripped the black paint off both. Easy!! light sanded (600 grit) cleaned with acetone
then primed and sprayed. Good old Rustoleum rattle can.
Excellent. I did the same but sprayed it with the grey Teflon paint used on original M16 magazines. I hung it in the garage for a few months and it got very hard.
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