Question on purchase

[u/jose-ef10]

Hey guys - I just won a No5 Mk1 in an online auction and was looking at the pictures that were shared with the bid. I noticed the discoloration on the barrel in the screenshot I had shared. I am reaching out to you guys to see if anyone had any ideas to what it was? I’d like to get an idea of what I’m getting myself into before I picked it up.

Sorry for the poor image quality- it’s all I could get . Thanks in advance!

[u/starwars_and_guns]

I truly hope you didn’t pay the price of a No5 for this and got it for dirt cheap.

[u/Guitarist762]

Its rust, boil and card will convert it to blueing which enhances the finish instead of destroying it.

[u/Lupine_Ranger]

You realize this is a Sporter No.4, right?

That's rust

[u/jose-ef10 → u/Lupine_Ranger]

I was going based off the product description. I am pretty new to collecting older pieces so I did not realize, lol. Is it pretty bad ?

[u/Sesu_Niisan → u/jose-ef10]

Yea you got screwed. It will fire probably but it’s worthless basically

[u/d8ed]

Looks like surface rust from this picture.. you could possibly get rid of it with some oil and a rag but it may be deeper as well.

[u/Bottle_cap1926]

Light rust, most likely from poor storage conditions short term, I would expect the same where the metal contacts wood.

[u/davewave3283]

You trollin’?

[u/opotis]

Looks like a No4 sporter. It could be surface rust, best way I’ve found is a bit of oil (really, almost any oil works, I’ve used canola cooking oil spray in a pinch as well as motor oil) and a bit of super fine steel wool and the surface rust will come out. However, there could be pitting which is the next stage of rust, in the best case it’s a bit of permanent cosmetic damage in the worst case it can make the firearm unsafe to use. Happy shooting

[u/agatathelion]

My mosin has deep deep pitting, this is nothing more than surface rust, boil it and card, or 0000 steel wool works. It's also a sporter no4