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whitey07

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I have a beauty fin 91 that was surplussed after being built .I’d like to a few coats of pine tar on her.anybody know where to get a tiny little bit ? Thanks in advance
 
Long time ago they used to have it at sporting good stores to tar the bases of wooden ski's, but since all ski's are now from man made material i don't think you can find it there anymore.
 
whitey07 said:
I have a beauty fin 91 that was surplussed after being built .I’d like to a few coats of pine tar on her.anybody know where to get a tiny little bit ? Thanks in advance
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Order a sample from here. Comes with the purified linseed oil and all you need to do is to mix these two before warming up and applying.
Skip the horsy stuff. It's not pure.

https://sagerestoration.com/collections/pine-tar
 
You can still buy Cross country ski pine tar. From Swix or Start. It is good quality, easily brushable when warm. Fresh Air Experience in Ottawa sells it online, or it can be ordered at your local ski shop.
 
Nestor said:
Order a sample from here. Comes with the purified linseed oil and all you need to do is to mix these two before warming up and applying.
Skip the horsy stuff. It's not pure.

https://sagerestoration.com/collections/pine-tar
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Simply not so!
The equestrian pine tar I have is 100% pine tar with no other ingredients.
Also, turpentine is the logical solvent since it comes from the same source. If you are doing a gunstock, you want it to soak into the wood - not build up on the surface.
Save yourself some time and money and hit your local equestrian supply.
 
Having used pine tar on my cross country skis for a long time I'm not really sure how it would make a useful finish for a rifle. There has been a long standing debate about its use on Gunboards Mosin forum and I think it has been debunked? I've tried mixing it with linseed oil but wasn't happy with the way it looked or felt on test pieces. One arctic birch refurb stock that I am using in a repro PE Sniper role was way too light after removing the shellac but improved a lot with a mixture of varnish and dark walnut stain. Bottom line is there's no way to make a Finn post-war built or refurbed rifle look like one that saw action and has that very dark, thick finish on it. The Finns I've owned that appear unissued I tend to just leave alone and enjoy them for what they are- examples of fresh, unworn Finn Mosins. One of my favorite range guns right now is a '44 Tikka barrel 91/30 that has the typical post-war build appearance and perfect bore. I suspect it would only lower its value to try to darken the wood.

milsurpo
 
I am not into Mosins and really do not know how pine tar compares to other more modern finishes/sealers. Quite possibly less than favorably. I will say there is nothing new, or even 20th century, about using pine tar on gun stocks. It was one of the finishes, or a component in one of the finishes, used on American longrifles in the 1700s.
 
Pine tar is most likely not the actual finish of your rifle. There are several variations of stock finish used by the Finns, if your M91 has a raw feeling post war stock just leave it alone as that is the original finish.
Finn stock finishes vary, some used turpentine and beeswax while others include linseed oil, asphalt bitumen and dye. The old thought that they're all finished with pine tar is dying much like the notion that the soviets just slapped shellac on their rifles.
 
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