Cleanup/Preservation question

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timlin33
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Cleanup/Preservation question

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I just got a 1931 Izhevsk (pictures after I clean it up) and the hand guard caps appear to be brass painted black. Should I leave them black or remove the paint so the brass shows? I want to be as historically accurate as possible as its a early stock with the screwed in sling slots.
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Celt
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Just clean it.it is historically acc :thumbsup: urate. And hurry...we need new photos asap. :thumbsup:
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Leave it be, as you shoot it and clean it the paint will come off eventually :)
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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countryboy3006
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Re: Cleanup/Preservation question

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I would just clean the rifle like you normaly would. Sometimes the paint comes off doing this and if it does leave it off but if it stays i would leave it like that .
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timlin33
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Thanks I cleaned it and left it on. I will post some pics soon
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