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Post by todddoyka on Jan 26, 2021 11:57:11 GMT -7
i tried a military stock and it came out all right. i did steam out all of the scratches and dents and i did use an oil paste coat filler. if you want to strip a stock, try citristrip. i take the stock and slather it with citristrip and i put the stock down an the heel and fore-end(upside down for those of us who have to look it up!!!!  ) on a sheet of aluminium foil. then places grocery bags(3 or 4) on top of stock. i wait 24+/- hours, then i wipe it off using paper towels and two or three squirts of mean green. repeat if necessary. i never have to do it a 3rd time. www.citristrip.com/www.rustoleum.com/product-catal ... ti-purpose to finish the stock: 1. steam out the scratches 2. 400 grit sand paper over the entire stock 3. 4 ought steel wool over the entire stock 4. wipe it down with tack cloth 5. min-wax antique oil(3 - 7 coats, depends on your taste) 6. (optional) pumice stone over the entire stock 7. (optional) rotten stone over the entire stock  sorry about the picture this is a 93 spanish mauser stock(1924 i think). its now on step 5 and i'm waiting for it to dry(final 4th coat). i'm on the fence to do step 6 and 7. i did a dark walnut oil paste coat to fill up some of the scratches (2 coats). (to use in between step 2 and step 3) all in all, instead of throwing the military gun stock away and making/buying a new one, use it. you'll be satisfied it did, i am. |
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Post by Bullshop on Jan 26, 2021 13:22:33 GMT -7
Very nice job ! Not re-purposing, not re-cycling, ---- rejuvenating !
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Post by todddoyka on Jan 26, 2021 14:38:44 GMT -7
thats a good word for it. i'm rejuvenating my stock!!!!!
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Post by Bullshop on Jan 26, 2021 18:09:53 GMT -7
Now if we could only find a rejuvenating elixir that could make us like new again. I have tried the type that is sold in 1/5 gallon volume but the temporary perceived rejuvenating quality has some seriously unkind side effects that only seem to compound the original problem.
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Post by todddoyka on Jan 26, 2021 20:36:03 GMT -7
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Post by todddoyka on Feb 3, 2021 14:31:17 GMT -7
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Post by missionary on Feb 4, 2021 6:14:55 GMT -7
Good morning
Looks presentable to me !! May be so slick it will slide right off your hand.
We have a Shaw 257 Roberts 26" barrel sitting waiting to get attached on an 03 receiver right now. They still have good prices for a ready to attach barrel that is short chambered. No slots for iron sights so that makes attachment simple. Will end up a swap barrel rig but other caliber is not yet decided... Maybe a 358 Winchester
Give them a call though as they are a bit behind with deliveries. Ordered ours Feb 01 and received it in November. But we are still #19 stuck here so no issue.
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Post by todddoyka on Feb 4, 2021 8:40:15 GMT -7
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Post by todddoyka on Feb 4, 2021 8:45:30 GMT -7
and then my wood werking skills(little to next to none) are going to a 93 mauser Apache gold stock.    then its either a 1898 spr armory (2 actions & 2 rifles) or a 95 Chilean navy mauser(action) or 91 sporterized argentine mauser or a sporterized 6.5 carcano. |
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Post by missionary on Feb 4, 2021 15:22:43 GMT -7
You will have to educate me a bit... Rotten Stone ?
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Post by todddoyka on Feb 4, 2021 16:22:09 GMT -7
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Post by missionary on Feb 4, 2021 19:14:15 GMT -7
OK I understand. The airborne volcano ash that covers our jap jeep here would work great.
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Post by Bullshop on Feb 5, 2021 9:07:18 GMT -7
Tod my friend I have to say that you have now created a dilemma in that the stock now looks to nice for what is in it. You know what I mean that the contrast is now acute. Something needs to be done. You cant just put an ugly duckling barreled receiver in such a meticulously finished stock as it makes it look broken.
Only saying this because I love you man !
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Post by todddoyka on Feb 5, 2021 11:37:45 GMT -7
i love you too, man!!!! the 93 mauser stock is going to be 257 bob, when i'm done with the other 3 rifles. the 98 mauser is going to have to be reblued(sporterized including a redfield aperture). the Apache gold (another 93 mauser) is going need my wood werkin(little to none  ) needs a 7x57 douglas barrel, it has a bent bolt, 2 position safety, d&t, scope mounts and a dayton trigger kit. then.......i have to do either a 22 hornet or a 9.3 krag in 1898 spr armory. now if not my president sniffy joe , gets me $2000, as he promised, i'll be good on the rifles. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by shootist---Gary on Feb 5, 2021 11:38:16 GMT -7
Todd, you have way more patience than I do, plus, I never liked woodworking in school, so I have to hire someone to do any remodeling.
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Post by Bullshop on Feb 5, 2021 11:59:25 GMT -7
SSSHHHHH !!!!! Please !!! Don't let them know they may be financing gun projects.
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Post by todddoyka on Feb 5, 2021 16:16:18 GMT -7
Todd, you have way more patience than I do, plus, I never liked woodworking in school, so I have to hire someone to do any remodeling. i used to be a hurry up and git it done guy. then i had stroke and and it was and is difficult to do it one left hand( i was a righty but left eye dominant). richard's gun stock is a place i like, they give you a gun stock and you are supposed to sand and finish it. if i were to do gun stock form the blank to the finish, i'd still be whittling on wood!!!!! i found out(what dad did tell me) when i'm werkin on something and it makes me mad(putting tab a into slot b), i quit doing for awhile. i can go 10 hours or i can go 2 hours, depends on how mad it will make me. i try to do 3 or 4 hours on the gun every day. my wood werkin skills are about rough finish carpenter. but when it comes to finish carpenter, it ain't me. |
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Post by todddoyka on Feb 5, 2021 19:52:28 GMT -7
SSSHHHHH !!!!! Please !!! Don't let them know they may be financing gun projects. its alright. biden is sniffing kids. |
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Post by todddoyka on Feb 8, 2021 16:30:57 GMT -7
well, i had to citristrip my 98 mauser stock.    i didn't use bartley oil filler (dark) when i should have. the rotten stoning process leaves me with dents but it takes off the high spots. i could have left the grain filler in, but it ain't right.  so i'll citristrip it and do an oil filler with mineral spirits to fill the grain. when thats done, i'm going use minwax antique oil finish instead of linspeed oil (i don't the like the time the linspeed requires). oh well, you live, you learn. |
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Post by Bullshop on Feb 8, 2021 17:51:33 GMT -7
To the untrained eye (mine) it looks pretty darn good !
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Post by todddoyka on Feb 8, 2021 19:59:34 GMT -7
it looked nice but i could do better.
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Post by Bullshop on Feb 9, 2021 8:16:47 GMT -7
I think Leonardo Davinchi said the same thing.
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Post by todddoyka on Feb 22, 2021 13:00:32 GMT -7
well i got it finished (minwax antique oil) and now i got to wait several weeks to rotten stone it. the stock is smooth and no dents!!! bartley's dark wood filler to the rescue!!!! my dad did a muzzleloader stock back in 1979-80. he gave bartley's to me and it was still good after all these years. now i can do a Apache gold stock or..............   |
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Post by missionary on Feb 22, 2021 18:51:41 GMT -7
Looks like a factory new !
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Post by todddoyka on Mar 3, 2021 14:32:06 GMT -7
i decided that my 30-40 krag needs an upgrade. i have citristipped it three times and it is still dark. i guessing 320 grit sandpaper is needed. this is a before pictures    |
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Post by shootist---Gary on Mar 3, 2021 19:39:32 GMT -7
I had one of those that I bought back in the 1960's, that was in mint condition that I bought out of a collection. I kept it about 10 years, & sold it to another serious collector, who wasn't going to even shoot it.
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Post by todddoyka on Mar 3, 2021 21:39:01 GMT -7
this was my great grandfather's rifle. its been passed down to me. one of my son's will get it. i'll let them sort it out. i have two sporterized 1898 spr armory in 30-40 krag and two 1898 spr armory actions without the bolts.
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Post by missionary on Mar 4, 2021 6:08:57 GMT -7
I would leave it alone. I have seen numerous old military stocks that were not improved in any way by sanding them.
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Post by todddoyka on Mar 4, 2021 16:08:37 GMT -7
320 grit wasn't what i needed, i needed 220 grit to take off the black linseed oil. i used 2/3 of a sheets of 220 grit. the black gunk left on the sandpaper was worthless. i then did a steel bristle on the sandpaper every few seconds. (sand for few seconds, then bristle the sandpaper,sand for a few seconds......) i got most of the black linseed oil off of the stock(5 hours) and then i started the 320 grit. then 400 grit AND then bartley wood dark filler. when that is done, then its back to the 400 grit. then i'll 4 ought steel wool it and THEN i'll do minwax antique oil. after 3 or 4 coats, then i'll let it sit for 3 or 4 weeks......and THEN it's 2 coats johnson's paste wax.   |
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Post by todddoyka on Mar 6, 2021 11:16:43 GMT -7
i got done with the 400 grit and the bartley's dark oil grain filler. now i wait for it to dry...........is it done yet? now? now? now?.........
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) on a sheet of aluminium foil. then places grocery bags(3 or 4) on top of stock. i wait 24+/- hours, then i wipe it off using paper towels and two or three squirts of mean green. repeat if necessary. i never have to do it a 3rd time.
) needs a 7x57 douglas barrel, it has a bent bolt, 2 position safety, d&t, scope mounts and a dayton trigger kit. then.......i have to do either a 22 hornet or a 9.3 krag in 1898 spr armory.
so i'll citristrip it and do an oil filler with mineral spirits to fill the grain. when thats done, i'm going use minwax antique oil finish instead of linspeed oil (i don't the like the time the linspeed requires). 
