- Location
- Virden, MB
This is a very special rifle to me. My father gave me this rifle when I was 14 and I learned to shoot on it. I did a bit of a restore on it when I was like 15 for fun bet didn't have a clue what I was doing. The rifle was in horrible condition when I got it. It was rusted solid and the bolt wouldn't even open and it had some DEEP scratches in the wood. A friend found it in his basement when he bought a house and gave it to my dad for helping him do some work. Dad then gave it to me for Christmas and I fixed it up ok. I don't have any pics from when I first got it but I do have some from before this most recent restore.
The main problem with this stock is it got dropped a couple years ago and the stock split down the middle all the way. I epoxied it back together but there are chips missing and it looks pretty bad. I don't shoot it mush now as I am afraid to do more damage.
Anyways I found a stock in Decent shape on the EE recently and figured it would make a good restore project. I wish I had a before pic of the stock but forgot to take a pic and I can't find the pic the seller sent me. Oh Well.
Here is the pic after I stripped it. I used Heirloom and a brass brush to strip it. I did some light sanding with 400 grit just to remove the "timbers".
I used Tung Oil to bring out the natural wood grains without changing the color of the wood much at all.
I then applied several coats of Tru Oil and either used steel wool in between coats and even wet sanded it a few times to get the maximum gloss effect.
Now I have tried bluing the metal on this gun and it never holds well. It just goes dull and rusty looking again so I got some shiny black Duracoat and tried that out. I decreased the metal and brass brushed it. I baked it on too. Don't know if it makes a difference with duracoat as it is 2 part, but it sure looks cool now.
The main problem with this stock is it got dropped a couple years ago and the stock split down the middle all the way. I epoxied it back together but there are chips missing and it looks pretty bad. I don't shoot it mush now as I am afraid to do more damage.
Anyways I found a stock in Decent shape on the EE recently and figured it would make a good restore project. I wish I had a before pic of the stock but forgot to take a pic and I can't find the pic the seller sent me. Oh Well.
Here is the pic after I stripped it. I used Heirloom and a brass brush to strip it. I did some light sanding with 400 grit just to remove the "timbers".
I used Tung Oil to bring out the natural wood grains without changing the color of the wood much at all.
I then applied several coats of Tru Oil and either used steel wool in between coats and even wet sanded it a few times to get the maximum gloss effect.
Now I have tried bluing the metal on this gun and it never holds well. It just goes dull and rusty looking again so I got some shiny black Duracoat and tried that out. I decreased the metal and brass brushed it. I baked it on too. Don't know if it makes a difference with duracoat as it is 2 part, but it sure looks cool now.
