Latest resurrection, a Mossberg 346KA.

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A friend wanted all his guns gone, so I obliged and bought the collection, including the safe.

There were 5 in total, and I've managed to find homes for most. This orphan, a Mossberg e36KA, had an unfortunate accident in it's past, the stock broke and had been repaired, totally functional but the stock had never been refinished after the repair, it was ugly. I didn't want to get into this project, couldn't really see any payback. I checked the gun over and shot it, as I like do with most of the guns I sell. My evaluation of the repair was that it was fairly sound, but there had been no attempt at making it pretty. Glue (epoxy or bedding compound) it together and go shooting.

Here is a picture of the repair, sorry, it is slightly out of focus as i was trying to have the light accent the crack.

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After stripping the finish and sanding the repair looked like this.

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After a bit more prep and a couple of applications of finish (Tru-Oil) it began to look a bit better.

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Some more oil, and work and the repair was beginning to blend.

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I could take it a bit further, but after all it is a pretty low end firearm.

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All in all a bit better looking than it was.

BEFORE

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I suppose the point is, sometimes all it takes is a bit of work to resurrect a gun, and make it something to be proud of.
 
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Kody said:
Wow! You did a really nice job. What did you use to apply Tru-oil?
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My son is the application expert. He rubs it in by hand (nitrile gloves) and depending on what is happening with the wood, (feathering, grain, smoothness), he wet sands with 320 > 1000 wet dry. I bought a card of 2000 at CT in the auto paint section, that gets used at the end. We usually stop when it has the look we want. This one got less than 10 coats. There are still a few spots that need a touch up. that's the nice thing with oil, just rub a dab in and blend, blemish gone. You can take it further, more smoothing and surface work, polishing and such, but we have about 6 hours into this one already.

Time to go shooting.

It was a father/son effort, we'd tag team when it got a bit discouraging. At times it seemed hopeless, the wood was so wavy, and in places the varnish was pretty embedded.
 
Nice work - I have done a few stocks with Tru Oil and you can take it to satin look or completely mirror-finish, such an easy product to work with.
 
Zedbra said:
Nice work - I have done a few stocks with Tru Oil and you can take it to satin look or completely mirror-finish, such an easy product to work with.
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Also handy stuff for addressing scratches in other finishes too! I have gone over scratches in the finish of hardwood flooring with a Q-tip dipped in Tru-Oil and they are almost impossible to find now.
 
MDF said:
Very nice work!

Did you do any work on the metal parts?
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Basic clean, added the scope. Metal is good, bore good, and still has the funky Mossberg swivels and sling.

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This case didn't come with this 22, but it fits. I suppose when I take it to the range people will wonder what time machine I crawled out of. To bad I don't have a 60's car to drive.
 
I can't believe I was going to sell this one, it shoots good too.

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I tested a bunch of ammo, and the only stuff it really didn't like was Winchester M22.

Testing is done, and the scope has been removed. We are tuning in the irons now. I think it needs the rear sight tapped a bit to the left, ........ elevation was good.
 
You did a fine restoration job...but please don't call it a 'low end' firearm,these old mossbergs might have been 'utility' guns but they are well made and fine shooters....Modern Synthetic stocks will never be admired like a hand rubbed hardwood stock..
 
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