Note to self...
Note to self, don't put naval jelly on any more rusty revolvers or any firearm without first removing the mainspring. You see, because the naval jelly causes the mainspring to break, either by structural fatigue or heat fracture, something. Remember when you brushed the naval jelly on the rusty frame (carefully you thought) and it started smoking and smelled of rotten eggs? And you thought, wow this stuff works really great? No, that was the bluing on the mainspring fuming not the rust. Also note, a new S&W mainspring is $12. Another note, a new mainspring for the H&A .32 you manged to break rather than simply using a dremel tool, that's $12. Further note, I'm sure that I've told myself this before, but don't bend a piece of tempered spring steel with a pair of pliers, the spring will snap, use a dremel tool. An even further note, the web store with the new mainsprings, Numrich, is closed for the virus pandemic, so who knows when they'll process my order. Note to self, perhaps find a new hobby, one that doesn't involve the use of naval jelly.
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