cheap chu wood refinishing?

Only had to put it once, sure came out nice But just don't tell the wife U'R going to do it....

This process works very well, just need the pots & pan cycle. Got every thing off.

Now to leave it for another 24hrs to dry thoroughly. then on with refinishing. :dancingbanana:
 
I refinished one of the chu wood stocks, but it ends up being pointless in the end. The wood is simply too soft, and over time, it grips the action less and less firmly. Just have a look at there the trigger group clamps against the bottom of the stock... It may last a couple of hundred rounds, but that's about it.
 
Plinker said:
I refinished one of the chu wood stocks, but it ends up being pointless in the end. The wood is simply too soft, and over time, it grips the action less and less firmly. Just have a look at there the trigger group clamps against the bottom of the stock... It may last a couple of hundred rounds, but that's about it.
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Ya, I was aware it may not last too long. The M14s main BDU is the USGI fibreglass stock with a Tropentarn paint job, but I decided to go BLO on the Chu just to have a wood stock I can switch into.
 
berger said:
Ya, I was aware it may not last too long. The M14s main BDU is the USGI fibreglass stock with a Tropentarn paint job, but I decided to go BLO on the Chu just to have a wood stock I can switch into.
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I ended up buying a Boyd's stock. I finished it, and it looks great - it's just dimensionally wrong. I had to shim between the trigger group tabs and the stock to get it to hold the action tightly enough. Sometimes you just can't win.
 
This isn't the best photo ( I am going through a move right now), but this is my stock after a pots n'pans wash/dry and then a regular wash, only because it seemed to seep oil a little bit. It also has about 8 thin coats of BLO.

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I've done both the dishwasher method and also a pressure washer hooked up to a hot water outlet. They worked well. They I refinished in Tung oil, nicely rubbed it, and my stocks look pretty sharp.
 
All,

I tried the dishwasher pot&pans cycle thing myself this weekend. It worked great!!!! Under all that cosmoline there is raw unfinished wood ready for a re-finishing project.
 
Before dishwasher:

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After dishwasher (and 6 coats of tru-oil):

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The best part? It doesn't stink any more!!!

Thanks for the tips, guys.

-C.
 
CableMonkey:

What vintage is your rifle? The park looks grey or is that camera flash. Also, the flash hider does not appear to be slotted all the way thru? An interesting scope, what make/model is it?
 
It's one of the later ones from Marstar, stamped M14S and I think 2007. The parkerization is darker than the pictures would imply, but not much. It's very clean and dry and is grey. The flash hider is slotted all the way through. The scope is a Barska 6-24x44 that I got from Gary down at Lock, Stock, and Barrel. I think it's a model AC10366
but I'm not sure - I didn't keep the box. He's still recovering from the attack and robbery. Thought I'd go down and show some support and all that. I can't wait to get it out to the range now.

How long is the wood stock likely to last? Some posters here have indicated that they're only good for a few hundred rounds before they start to loosen up to the point where it affects accuracy. Wait and see, I guess.
 
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Here is a lesson learned the hard way.

I used masking tape to attach the hand guard to the stalk for storage purposes. The cosmoline dissolved the tape adhesive to the point that it was absorbed into the stalk. The dishwasher treatment did not remove the dissolved tape adhesive (two pots&pans cycles), the tape marks will have to be sanded out or painted over!
 
Because that's it's name. It's a softwood that grows in Manchuria. It smells, it's light, it's durable and pretty much impervious to moisture and is rot resistant. It's been used in a lot of Chinese firearms, at least back to the Type 53 carbine and probably beyond that.
 
Was looking at one of these the other day in a local gunshop and I'm planning to buy one soon.

Quick question: The rifle I handled in the local shop appeared to have a plastic cover over the top of the barrel. The pictures of the rifles I've seen in this thread, like the one above in post #72, all appear to have a wood covering over the top of the barrel.

What's the story on that?
 
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