[Noah]

I would like to apologize for the laundry in advance, best place I could find to take pictures.

I got a new Pardner Pump 28" 12 Gauge at Dick's on sale today, and I cleaned it up and then shot it all day. It cycles great, shoots well, points well, and the fit is great. Would've have taken some birds in the back yard had the hawk not beat me to 'em. However it has some cosmetic issues...

There is residual packing grease on the receiver that won't come off, it is practically a scaly gum on the sides of the rib lines. I have tried plenty of Hopps and rubbing and even a little steel wool with little effect. Obviously no functional effect but it is ugly and I like to be proud of my guns.

As I have shot it I have noticed white marks appearing on the stock and forearm, I'd think they were scratches, from who knows what, but they weren't there when I got it, and are distinctly white in color, and seem to be raised rather than recessed. If they are scratches I am seriously worried, the majority just popped up as I was shooting. I have done nothing that would have scratched the gun, my only suspect is the zipper on my jacket, however, that never made contact with the gun while I was shooting.

I have not had this on any gun I have with a wood stock, so I am rather concerned. Can anyone help?


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[Chawbaccer]

With the stock removed from the gun, try some carb or brake cleaner on the goo. WD 40 might get it too.

The streaks may be oil coming out of the wood. Will Dick's take it back?

[Noah]

No, they have "All Firearms and Ammunition Sales are Final" signs everywhere. It was the last Pardner in the whole store haha, you get what you get. The mark on the forearm is a scratch, so I hear from a confession from my brother. However, the other marks are much more white/gray and raised than the big ugly scratch.
What exactly do you mean, oil coming out of the wood? Not all that knowledgeable about gun stock finishing. Is it a major issue or something I can fix?

As I said, the gun shoots very well, and functionally, I am very happy with it.

[Chawbaccer]

If there is oil or sap in the wood it can leech out and damage the finish.
Youi will have to take it up with H&H or live with it. Since it is a cheap gun you could practice re-finishing it yourself.

[fatcat4620]

You dont buy a tank for the fit and finish. You buy a tank because it is a tank.

[Noah]

No arguments here, haha. For what I paid, I can only smile and shoot. After Black Friday sales, a $15 off coupon, and a double points thing I only paid maybe $150. I can restain or paint the stock in a while if it gets really bad. Shoots fine, racks smoothly, disassembles easily, the metal finish is good, and it fits well.

[rcmodel]

The stuff next to the rib appears to be some sort of adhesive they used to glue & screw the rib down that ran out and cured.

It is probably some derivative of Lock-Tight, so maybe fingernail polish remover or acetone might take it off.

rc

[Friendly, Don't Fire!]

I purchased a single-shot .410 H&R Partner, break-open, single shot.

I didn't like the wood's finish on the stock and eventually dismantled the entire gun and stripped all the OEM finish and ended up refinishing the rear stock and forward grip on my own.

My refinishing did not come out perfectly, however it now has much more character and is definitely more resistent to scratches than the OEM finish (which seemed to scratch when I looked at it).

Are you sure those marks on the stock are not from recoil and the gun bouncing around and hitting whatever it was you were using for the forward rest at the bench? I ask this as my muzzleloader got several dings after it recoiled and came back down causing the wood to contact the metal part of my Hoppes adjustible rest! At first, I didn't even notice it was happening as the gun has quite a stout recoil (50 caliber with 300g Sabots). Once I saw it happen one time, I got to checking out the stock, and, sure enough, there were several other dings in the wood that I didn't seem to see the gun bouncing off the Hoppes tripod thing and coming down with wood hitting orange metal!

[rbernie]

The stuff next to the rib appears to be some sort of adhesive they used to glue & screw the rib down that ran out and cured.The rib on the receiver is screwed in and not machined into the blank (a la the Wingmaster)? I did not know that. I just always assumed those were scope base plugs.

[CollinLeon]

One of the problems with a lot of wood finishes these days (firearms and furniture) is that it is basically just a surface finish that has not penetrated the wood very deeply. This often occurs when the desired color of the finish is not close to the desired color of the wood. When you get a nick in the wood, the inner color is going to show and it is going to be more noticeable than if you you had just a natural oil finish on the wood. I had a .357mag revolver that I inherited from my father that had the fake looking wood grips on it -- no depth to the finish, just a polyurethane looking gloss coating over the wood. On a whim, I took some acetone to the grips and they turned out looking a lot better. I'm not really a fan of a glossy type of wood, I guess... I much prefer a more natural wood with an oil finish on it.

I have an old H&R "Topper" .410 that I inherited from my father (who inherited it from his father). It's a nice shotgun. I wish he had also had one in 12-gauge. The old ones seem a lot nicer than most of the new firearms these days.

[Noah]

Bench rest? Who uses a bench rest when shooting a shotgun at coffee tins in their backyard with a 12 gauge? :neener:

I think it is just a very thin finish, I can repaint or stain it if it gets too bad, or just ignore it. No, I don't want to sell it for $150 haha, it works great and fits well. I might try some fingernail polish on the receiver goo, the clerk said it was packing grease. Hoppes, WD-40, steel wool, and elbow grease just made it look worse haha, more scaly with a funny tint. Oh well. Those are scope mount screws, the rib is etched into the receiver and part of the barrel.

[Noah]

No thanks, I might sell it if the stock broke or something, but it is fine functionally. For now I am just waiting for it to stop raining so I can go shoot it more.