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I have beater garand that I just had rebarrelled. It shoots well now (ie. the bullets aren't sideways at 25 yards as before) Since it turned out so well I'd love to put it in a nicer piece of wood. The one its in is coal black and I don't know if it's worth the effort of stripping. So my question would be, does anyone know where a nice replacement can be found, and for how much?

Thanks in advance

Darren
 
Before you spend the $$ on a Boyds, it may be good or it may be bad, if your current stock is intact with no cracks you might try the "dishwasher treatment". First clean the stock with stripper and wash off with mineral spirits. Zip tie the hand guards, less the metal, to the top rack. Position the stock corner to corner with the lower rack removed. Add dishwsher soap then run on the normal cycle. BE SURE NOT TO USE THE DRY , HOT AIR, CYLE!!! It will crack your stock. This will do a great job of cleaning and raise many dents at the same time. Let the wood air dry for a few days then refinish as you would like, I'd suggest a number of coats of plain old BLO. You will be suprised how nice it can turn out.

HTH, JMO,

rifle guy
 
Boyds are oversized but not too bad looking. I replaced an ugly danish beech stock with one.
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rifle guy said:
Before you spend the $$ on a Boyds, it may be good or it may be bad, if your current stock is intact with no cracks you might try the "dishwasher treatment". First clean the stock with stripper and wash off with mineral spirits. Zip tie the hand guards, less the metal, to the top rack. Position the stock corner to corner with the lower rack removed. Add dishwsher soap then run on the normal cycle. BE SURE NOT TO USE THE DRY , HOT AIR, CYLE!!! It will crack your stock. This will do a great job of cleaning and raise many dents at the same time. Let the wood air dry for a few days then refinish as you would like, I'd suggest a number of coats of plain old BLO. You will be suprised how nice it can turn out.

HTH, JMO,

rifle guy
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lmao, if my wife came home and found a rifle stock in the dish washer, she'd use it to beat me to death with.......still, i'm giggling my arse off at the mental picture. .....Maybe if I waited till I'm on night shift.......oh oh the idea is taking root.
 
Try putting it in a vat of varsol(brand name for mineral spirits) for 24 hours then use some 0000 steel wool to clean off what you can. Then use any wood cleaning product before you replace it. A dishwasher will raise any cartouches that may be under the gunk.
Marstar lists stocks for $50, rear handguards for $30 and 'call' for front guards. Doesn't say anything about condition though.
 
thanks to all who replied. I was offered a decent deal on a laminated stock from boysds that I don't mind the look off. I'll be saving the old stock currently on it to try some of the cleaning techniques mentioned on, if I get good results, my fin nagent will get some attention....
 
Darren,

All you need is time enough for two cycles of the dishwasher. One for the stock and one just to make sure that the dishwasher is clean when done! Just send the significent other out for a new par of shoes or some such and you are in! Believe me, it will work wonders!!! I wouldn't recomend it if you have any cartouches that you want to save. Try the CSP or AmericanBackyard forums and ask around.

rifle guy
 
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