Both look very nice , good job
I have just finished the metal on an old Cooey of mine and, like farmer47 said, Cambodian Tire is a great source for all kinds of paint. I used semi-gloss black. After sanding with a med sanding sponge I applied three light coats of this Tremclad semi-gloss black. When dry I then baked it at 200F for a bit and presto, fairly hard finish thats easy to touch up. All of the screws I cleaned up with some 320 grit sandpaper then used some cold blueing. My wood will be sanded to 320 grit then finished with a satin finishing wax. If you wanted you could try a camo paint scheme using the Krylon stuff mentioned. Check out some of the threads on refinishing for more ideas.
Stock first, then barrel and don't forget to give yourself an extra 1/2-1" just to be on the safe side. Krylon Camo paints are great and if you scratch it you just add more colour, easy fix. Parkerizing is a phosphate treatment that is what is on most military weapons. You can get do it yourself kits. Armacoat is a coloured two part paint for your gun. It has to be sprayed with either an airbrush or small spray gun. It is sold by a member on here.
Kim
ht tp://www.arma-coat.com/
ht tp://www.calvan.com/ parkerizing solution, lots of different ones out there
painted with krylon
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wow, thats brutal QC
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i am not trying to start an argument or rain on anyones parade -- and im far from a Fudd -- i simply dont understand why all of a sudden half the shotgun forum is dominated by these threads. has everyone been watching The Book of Eli?![]()
About the barrel: So thats what that is?? simply a QC (or lack of) problem? wow!
If I remember right we had to get that stuff shipped to Blaine, Washington and went down and picked it up but it was a few years ago now.Do you know if calvan.com ships to Canada? it seems that they only accept US paypay accounts?!
A little bondo to finish the shape and you could get there for sure.the speedfeed style pistol grip with its unique shape is purportedly the most comfortable style of PG to shoot - it looks like you could easily shape most cut-off stocks to this shape.
Leave the bolts recessed but accessible, you may want to do some changes later on.The grip on the 16ga works really well. Havent tried the 12ga yet, as you can see the bolt is sticking out a good 3 inches! I am just going to look for a new, shorter, bolt in Rona. After finishing the metal and wood on the guns i'll patch up the bolt holes with plastic wood, and then finish that too.
cant wait to shoot that 12 ga by the way!
sell them both and buy a grizzly,what you are trying todo is like trying to make a racecar from an old studabaker
Really good work man, i have the same single shot in 12gauge
the barrel is already cut down to 19"
was thinking about cutting the stock but im not fully decided on whether i should or not..
would a spare stock be hard to find for this model?