Hi Mike.
Personally i have not restored any Front seam M1's, and would not anyway,even if they are complete rust buckets. I have restored some Korean war era liners though, and I have restored quite a few ,80's shells, as I guess I have nothing to lose,as they are relatively cheap to buy,and their appearance ,in any war's is minimal, a lot of these 80's I have purchased,have come as WW2 mock up's, e.g. 2nd Rangers , 101st ,etc. With these I have stripped them ,and repainted.
One 80's M1,I recently got off ebay,was an MP marked lid, within a week ( once I was sure of it's history,or lack of in it's case) it was stripped down to metal.
Some members on this forum, feel you should not mess,with any Lid,personally if it's not got any real history,or provenance ,then I don't see any harm,if anything,when i finish with them,they are restored and likely to last more,than the next few decades
Cheers Mate.
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