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Old 05-15-2017, 11:22 PM
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If it were a collector piece I would advise against using sandpaper or any mechanical means but Rangers were made for Sears and as such they are not worth a lot.

You could try steel wool and if that doesn't give you the results you are looking for you could sand it down and re-blue or better yet, have someone experienced re-blue it.
You can do the grunt work and save money.

There are chemicals such as Evapo-Rust that will remove the rust, but not the nicks and scratches. Only sandpaper will do that.

The trick with sandpaper is to start with 220 or finer and work one direction, IE lengthwise. Then use the next grade finer at 90 degrees IE 280 cross-ways. And so forth till 400 or even 600 grit.

What you want to do is remove the previous grade's scratch pattern leaving a finer scratch pattern each time until the scratch pattern is too fine to be noticed.

Steel wool should not leave a noticeable scratch pattern and it will soften the edges of nicks and scratches a little, maybe enough.
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