CZ-Guy
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Hi All,
I purchased a Springfield (Savage) Model 52-A .22 rifle with the intent of refinishing it. It had very obvious initials carved into the stock. I've gone ahead and removed the first few layers of varnish/stain so that I could get a better picture of what I'm dealing with. I have not yet started to sand the stock down to bare wood.
What I'm considering are three options, but I wanted to get some recommendations for what might or might not work best.
1. Sand the stock down to below where the initials are at. As you can see from the pictures below, the side with full "EFR" initials is the deepest, with a large gouge out of the "R". This could potentially make the stock very noticeably skinny in that area and lead to issues with the buttplate fitting just right.
2. Fill the carvings with wood filler and sand smooth. Then stain a very dark stain and hope it isn't noticeable.
3. Leave the initials as part of the history of the rifle. That wasn't my intent when I bought it - because they certainly aren't my initials. But I suppose I could actually fill them with some sort of clear lacquer or multiple coats of oil to smooth out the stock itself while still showing the initials very clearly.
Other suggestions?
I purchased a Springfield (Savage) Model 52-A .22 rifle with the intent of refinishing it. It had very obvious initials carved into the stock. I've gone ahead and removed the first few layers of varnish/stain so that I could get a better picture of what I'm dealing with. I have not yet started to sand the stock down to bare wood.
What I'm considering are three options, but I wanted to get some recommendations for what might or might not work best.
1. Sand the stock down to below where the initials are at. As you can see from the pictures below, the side with full "EFR" initials is the deepest, with a large gouge out of the "R". This could potentially make the stock very noticeably skinny in that area and lead to issues with the buttplate fitting just right.
2. Fill the carvings with wood filler and sand smooth. Then stain a very dark stain and hope it isn't noticeable.
3. Leave the initials as part of the history of the rifle. That wasn't my intent when I bought it - because they certainly aren't my initials. But I suppose I could actually fill them with some sort of clear lacquer or multiple coats of oil to smooth out the stock itself while still showing the initials very clearly.
Other suggestions?
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