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I would leave the defects in the finish as is. The receiver is made from "graphitic steel". It is basically a form of cast iron which is tin plated and then blued. If you remove the tin plate the gun will not take bluing. I had a friend who wanted me to hot salt blue his rifle. I polished it up nice, put it in the tank to cook. When I removed it and wiped it down the blue/black color wiped off. A call to Winchester yielded the above info. Ended up sending the stripped receiver back to Winchester who tin plated and then reblued. At that time their fee to blue the receiver was $25.
Enjoy your toy as is and look for the Marlin...
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