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Beautiful wood, beautiful job, what was the stain you used?
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Wow Kevin great job on the stock but as I looked at the pictures I thought the same thing as 3mac1 too pretty for the NovaNice job Kevin Just shows the difference in finish from a run of the mill grade wood to quality wood with the old tiger in it since this to me is not even comparable to your last one for the finish quality even so far and done the same way I assume ??
Me being me I do see a problem with it however
It will be too nice to shoot when done and you will have to buy another gun
Also takes big balls to even think about redoing a browning 425 IMHO but you are doing a great job
Series. You told me that 425 was your best shooter so I guess I know what your first excuse will be, can,t take that it might rain 😂🤣
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This is my "distraction" for you Mark, and the rest of the usual gang...just to throw you off your game just a little...ha ha ha
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TS...I used the Min-Wax...Red Mahogany over the whole thing...but with a few hi-lites of Ebony and Special Walnut here and there in some of the grains, before the full stain job....it matched up the best with the original color of the fore end before I stripped it down and degreased it
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Gorgeous that must take a whack of time and patience
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yesss...it does so.
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You appear have the same knot in your rear stock as the stock I got from Bronells. Half way through I had wondered if I should have filled it with something but after more and more coats over it, it leveled its self out. I even used auto touch up sticks just to dab that area heavier than the rest. Hope down the road it does not progress into anything for me. I can see it but not feel it. Character.
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Knots are common in black walnut with such nice lines or tiger pattern as this one has . As long as it isn't soft like this it is fine and as you says ads real character which is what one would expect on a 425 Like I said I don't have the balls or the ability to try to refinish high end wood on an expensive gun like this and could not do 1/2 the job kevin is doing on it which is super nice IMO and it shows this is not his first rideo
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When I get something of such nice quality and figure like that stock of Kevins my mrs has two friends a husband and wife team that restores antique furniture and I usually beg them to do it and they do wicket work that takes a long time normally but hate working on gun parts
They are expensive but lucky they also like lots of flowers in their yard
Pretty sure this one of their jobs and don't ask me how they got the checking to look factory either and one can see the little knot here also
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They are expensive but lucky they also like lots of flowers in their yard Pretty sure this one of their jobs and don't ask me how they got the checking to look factory either and one can see the little knot here also
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Update...so I settled on 18 coats of Tru Oil for the rear stock...had the look I was after and that coat went on perfectly so I left well enuff alone. Finished it 2 days ago. I'll let it harden up for an additional 2 weeks before it gets put back together.
In the interim, I did my fore end too. Same exact procedure as the rear stock. I put the last coat of Tru Oil on yesterday morning...coat # 15.
Looks awesome as well.
I had to carefully trim and scrape the excess oil that runs into the latch cavity and hardens. Tolerances are tight there and it's much easier to do while it's a bit softer.. than after total cure.
In the interim, I did my fore end too. Same exact procedure as the rear stock. I put the last coat of Tru Oil on yesterday morning...coat # 15.
Looks awesome as well.
I had to carefully trim and scrape the excess oil that runs into the latch cavity and hardens. Tolerances are tight there and it's much easier to do while it's a bit softer.. than after total cure.
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Well I think I’m up to 6 coats of Tru-Oil and it’s really starting to take shape, been so busy with work lately haven’t had much time to tinker with it. I’d say 10 coats and that’ll do. I may take my first stab at cold blue this weekend if I get the metal all cleaned up in time.
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Sure is nice job being done here also
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The wood work is fairly easy to do, the hardest part is making sure you don't OVER do anything. I always catch myself wanting to sand more than I probably should. I'm really liking the Tru-Oil product, goes on super easy and even. Looks great as well! I've started sanding all the metal pieces now, THAT part sucks. I had to lose the colour case hardening on the receiver as it was just so rough, it had to be sanded. It's pretty bare metal now. The barrels are almost bare now too, bit of a pain trying to get all the nooks and crannies on them.
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Never used that product, who sells it?
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You have never used that?? My god that is older than us and the go to product since I can remember
Here I order it in at home hardware or lee valley not sure of crappy tire still sells it or not
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No, just used tongue oil.
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