Remington 600 Mohawk
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Good rifles. I still have 3 or 4 of them. Great hunting guns. Back in the day these were the basis of every scout rifle I owned. - dan
OP, I’ll have a look around home here. I built a semi custom off of one in 6mm Rem and I’ve still got the barrel, stock and original trigger guard kicking around somewhere. If I can turn it up, you can have the blade you’re looking for if you pay shipping.
Don't talk about old eyes!
Yes it is , but it beats the alternative ....... not getting any older .
Buckmastr, I stripped the stock first with a chemical varnish remover. I then sanded the stock in a usual manner, with care around the checkering and maintaining a sanding direction with the grain. I then hand finished the wood stock with 8 applications of boiled linseed oil applied with finger, rubbed into the wood. After each application following a thorough drying, a light sanding using fine steel wool, then the wood was wiped down with a tack cloth prior to next application. The wood was quite pale in colour once stripped and sanded. I had thought about doing a water base stain prior to the oil application, but thought the light colour might be a nice contrast to iron (that and I didn't have any water base stain on hand, in the middle of the inital COVID lockdown), lol.
Yes there is, I'm an idiot! lol. Thanks for the catch. Actually it was mounted like that when I picked it up, I imaged prior to and during teardown, then used the images for reference on reassembly, so I will use that as my excuse.
Thanks everyone for the insight and great comments on the Mohawk. The story behind the rifle, is my father-in-law had commented about his Mohawk, which he had long since sold and kicked himself ever since then, for parting with it, this after shooting my Tikka Battue. Since then I kept an eye out on the EE looking for a replacement, which I could redo and give to him, thus righting the wrong that he committed that fateful day. I was lucky enough to find one in the 6mm and that began what you see now. Once I aquire a front sight the gun will be complete and then handed over the father-in-law to enjoy once again. The gun that started this madness below .... true story.
