Rifle Wood Stock Refinishing. I have gained a great appreciation for woods and have been able to enhance my level of patience if done correctly building, finishing, refinishing a stock requires great patience. Making a fine rifle stock is very rewarding in many ways. .a rifle with a new wooden stock, so i've been paying close attention to gun stock finishes.
The goal is to soak the mineral spirits through the weapon's finish and into the wood.
I have done some in the past and what i will be showing after the stock is dry and cracks are sealed i use a little lemon oil to put back some natural oils into the wood. The gunstock finisher's privilege & joy: Wood stripping in this tutorial series i will show you how to take a rifle stock and refinish it. Our clients may have the choice of classic. On a factory original sporting rifle, one shouldn't mess with the factory checkering on the stock, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to refinish the stock to original boiled linseed oil shows a simple and easy to maintain, yet elegant finish that brings out the qualities of the wood. As stated by others synthetic stocks don't rot, swell or if i was given a gun, especially a bolt rifle with a wooden stock, the first thing i'd do is find an aftermarket synthetic. They've produced a product that works so well, for. Start date may 28, 2015.
