Who refinishes gunstocks??

i think Jason at Gunco either does them or knows someone who does them cause he has dozens hanging on the wall in various states of completion
PM me if you want his contact info
 
Two ways to go about it, Brownells sells the checkering sets if he wants to clean the checkering up himself, and refinishing is a breeze. If the stock's dinged up, and he decides to do it himself (worthwhile), he should strip it then should soak it before sanding and finishing. A soak will raise a lot of dents, then let it dry a week, 000 steel wool to remover burrs, then sand from 320 up to as high as 1500 if he so wishes. After that, few finishes are prettier than hand rubbed tung oil, in my opinion. I've done many many stocks this way always with amazing results.
 
Two ways to go about it, Brownells sells the checkering sets if he wants to clean the checkering up himself, and refinishing is a breeze. If the stock's dinged up, and he decides to do it himself (worthwhile), he should strip it then should soak it before sanding and finishing. A soak will raise a lot of dents, then let it dry a week, 000 steel wool to remover burrs, then sand from 320 up to as high as 1500 if he so wishes. After that, few finishes are prettier than hand rubbed tung oil, in my opinion. I've done many many stocks this way always with amazing results.
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.....................I hear you Ardent. I have probably done a dozen in the last three years. I would rather not do his however. :D
 
If this rifle is a Mark V with the epoxy finish it will not be a breeze to strip. That finish is very hard and thick and resists most if not all strippers. Either glass or a panel scraper will be needed to get it off. If it's a urethane finish you'll be laughing. The epoxy is a grunt but doable with care.
 
I usually scrape them, really thin cabinet scraper works great and a with a little bit of care you won't gouge the wood.

I would never soak a stock, especially if it has any irregular or figured grain. Way to much chance of having the wood warp. Use a regular iron and a wet towel to do the spots that need it. Another good tip is to scrape the finish out of the dents before stripping this allows you to control what gets the treatment.

Rod
 
Humm I’ve been a gunsmith since I got out of CST in 1982. It is my considered opining that a professional gunsmith that refinishes stocks or checkers them is pretty dumb, pretty poor or liked to work lots of over time for nothing. Mind you it took me 20 years to figure that out. ;o)
 
Humm I’ve been a gunsmith since I got out of CST in 1982. It is my considered opining that a professional gunsmith that refinishes stocks or checkers them is pretty dumb, pretty poor or liked to work lots of over time for nothing. Mind you it took me 20 years to figure that out. ;o)
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