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[ww321q]

Got the barrel band today and made some progress on the POS stock

[jon_norstog]

WHat a change! Good work there.

jn

[Mark Daiute]

This is fun to watch! Can't wait to get the range report!

[Dick Hosmer]

It might just be the camera angle, but, to my eye, the top edges of the stock do not seem to align perfectly. Close, yes, but not "perfect". You might want to at least check that before you go too much further. Otherwise - looking good!!

[ww321q]

No , you're right Dick. I'll sand it down now that it's all glued in place. I'm still working on the top of the wrist.

[ww321q]

Wrist is done and I'm working on the staining. Matching the sparkling new walnut/sapwood to the 114 year old weathered semi punky oil saturated wood is fun. Well not really, but it coming along !

[ww321q]

The staining didn't go as well as I wanted. To dark and to red. The wrist repair had some glue lines and bad woodgrain match. I was going to start over but didn't want to bleach the stock to get the color out. We'll see what it looks like in a day or two.

[ww321q]

How it is so far?

[Parashooter]

Looks like good work to me, considering how bad it was before. After oiling (raw linseed for authenticity), the repairs should be even less evident.

[ww321q]

I used boiled linseed oil for the finish but didn't know about raw linseed oil for the wood? I have some and I'll use that when I'm done.

[Dan Shapiro]

It's coming along!

[psteinmayer]

Looking good!

[RCK]

You have done some really fine restoration on that stock. You can do my stock work any time!

[ww321q]

LOL! I don't know about that RCK. I fight the urge to be a hammer mechanic all the time . I just finished helping a friend do some restoration work on the 55 chevy from the movie American Graffiti. I knew he wouldn't let me get away with my short cut ways. It was good for me but very frustrating. I'm waiting for boiled linseed oil to finish drying then I'll put up pics of the finished rifle.

[ww321q]

Before and after