Gunnies.....

[Weasel Keeper]

A detective from the Kenosha county police department came to my door a couple of weeks ago with a rifle that had belonged to me, it had been found in a farm field and was all rusted up from being out there 20 years or so, they ran the serial number through the BATF and found it had been purchased with my military ID.

I had bought that Ruger mini-14 in 1984 from the K-Mart in Victorville Ca., it was terribly inaccurate, 4 MOA was the best I could get out of it and I wound up selling it four years later when I moved back to Illinois, now 37 years later it's back in my hands, LOL!

I soaked it in PB Blaster solvent for four days and pulled it apart to find a live round still in the barrel, I stripped it down and removed the barrel from the receiver, the barrel is total junk, but most of the rest of the gun is salvageable.

I then soaked the parts in acetone to remove all of the PB solvent and oils from them and then soaked them in white vinegar for 12 hours, dissolving all of the rust and bluing, scrubbing them down and then sand blasting them with a 300 grit Aluminum oxide media, leaving them in the "white" with a matte finish, then painted most of the parts with Aluma-hide matte black, they're in the oven baking at 200 degrees F for four hours for a fast cure, the fire control parts I re-blued with Birchwood-Casey perma-blue.

The stock was too crappy to refinish, so I ordered a new one from Midway USA, black Hogue overmolded https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1151138261?pid=744393 and a new barrel made by Shilen, a heavy match grade stainless https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1003654894?pid=679776, so far I have about $450 into this gun that cost me about $250 brand new in 1984.

[Saul Goode]

A detective from the Kenosha county police department came to my door a couple of weeks ago with a rifle that had belonged to me, it had been found in a farm field and was all rusted up from being out there 20 years or so, they ran the serial number through the BATF and found it had been purchased with my military ID.

I had bought that Ruger mini-14 in 1984 from the K-Mart in Victorville Ca., it was terribly inaccurate, 4 MOA was the best I could get out of it and I wound up selling it four years later when I moved back to Illinois, now 37 years later it's back in my hands, LOL!

I soaked it in PB Blaster solvent for four days and pulled it apart to find a live round still in the barrel, I stripped it down and removed the barrel from the receiver, the barrel is total junk, but most of the rest of the gun is salvageable.

I then soaked the parts in acetone to remove all of the PB solvent and oils from them and then soaked them in white vinegar for 12 hours, dissolving all of the rust and bluing, scrubbing them down and then sand blasting them with a 300 grit Aluminum oxide media, leaving them in the "white" with a matte finish, then painted most of the parts with Aluma-hide matte black, they're in the oven baking at 200 degrees F for four hours for a fast cure, the fire control parts I re-blued with Birchwood-Casey perma-blue.

The stock was too crappy to refinish, so I ordered a new one from Midway USA, black Hogue overmolded https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1151138261?pid=744393 and a new barrel made by Shilen, a heavy match grade stainless https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1003654894?pid=679776, so far I have about $450 into this gun that cost me about $250 brand new in 1984.

Now that sounds like an enjoyable project to work on during the holidays. That’s a great story on the history. I hope it is more accurate this time around.

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[HomelessPatriot]

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20251224_14/

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from r/RobMyVehicle

[Weasel Keeper]

A detective from the Kenosha county police department came to my door a couple of weeks ago with a rifle that had belonged to me, it had been found in a farm field and was all rusted up from being out there 20 years or so, they ran the serial number through the BATF and found it had been purchased with my military ID.

I had bought that Ruger mini-14 in 1984 from the K-Mart in Victorville Ca., it was terribly inaccurate, 4 MOA was the best I could get out of it and I wound up selling it four years later when I moved back to Illinois, now 37 years later it's back in my hands, LOL!

I soaked it in PB Blaster solvent for four days and pulled it apart to find a live round still in the barrel, I stripped it down and removed the barrel from the receiver, the barrel is total junk, but most of the rest of the gun is salvageable.

I then soaked the parts in acetone to remove all of the PB solvent and oils from them and then soaked them in white vinegar for 12 hours, dissolving all of the rust and bluing, scrubbing them down and then sand blasting them with a 300 grit Aluminum oxide media, leaving them in the "white" with a matte finish, then painted most of the parts with Aluma-hide matte black, they're in the oven baking at 200 degrees F for four hours for a fast cure, the fire control parts I re-blued with Birchwood-Casey perma-blue.

The stock was too crappy to refinish, so I ordered a new one from Midway USA, black Hogue overmolded https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1151138261?pid=744393 and a new barrel made by Shilen, a heavy match grade stainless https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1003654894?pid=679776, so far I have about $450 into this gun that cost me about $250 brand new in 1984.

Here's the finished gun, new parts and all. 

[Weasel Keeper]

Now that I have figured out how to use the post image thingy, here's some pics of the gun parts during the restoration.