Milsurp After Hours

Well I finally obtained a shotgun courtesy of the local gun amnesty. Never owned one before. Not much to look at but for $25AUD I'm not complaining.
As far as I can figure it was made in Birmingham by Holloway and Co around the 1900 - 1920 period. Nitro proofed, Birmingham viewed.
Automatic safety, automatic extractors.
Action tight, bore very good. External finish = crap.
Going to be an upcoming project to clean it up.
Anything else anyone can add ?

Looks promising but where are you going to find the time mate!!

Nothing a bit of elbow grease won't fix.
Ought to be a fun project and a good shooter.
John

Nice grass.

After spending $A25, I'd invest in a re-blue job as it seems to be mechanically sound....but.... as the barrels etc are probably soft soldered steer clear of modern caustic blueing methods.

Nice grass

Yeah its not bad and a lot easier on the firearms than concrete if you drop one Not that I ever have mind

steer clear of modern caustic blueing methods

I used to have the formula for the blueing used on the early SMLE's and was contemplating giving that a go if I can find it. Any other suggestions ?

I think I might be tempted to buff it up and leave it in the white.

That would certainly be an easier option Karl. Looking into rust bluing there are a lot of things that could go wrong.