I had a lot of good comments on my recent spoon find. Also a few positive comments on my past " On The Bench" threads that I thought I would start a new one with the show find. First I took it all apart to inspect and clean all the internals.
Let's look at the locks first....not real pretty but salvagable..but it's 112 years old and I am the first one in here since it was built in 1903..
all the parts cleaned up good..a brass wheel does a wonderful job. Using a steel wheel is a no no....
by comparison..
now the other side..
cleaned up good as well..
reassembled and coated with a light film of RIG. If you guys aren't using this stuff...start. Great universal gun grease that has excellent rust preventing properties..
now on to the trigger group....