marksman13
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Picked up a No. 1 B in 7mm Rem Mag a couple weeks ago. Serial number indicates a 1978 manufacture date and someone wrote his name and the year 1979 on the butt stock under the recoil pad. It was too cheap to pass up and she’s sporting a gorgeous piece of walnut. Unfortunately, somebody was pretty rough on the old girl in a past life, so refinish work started today.
Used an iron and wet rag to pull out most of the dents and dings. Stripped off the old finish with Citristrip this evening. I guess I’ll go at it with some sandpaper and get ready to re-stain it before finishing with Tru-Oil. At some point I suppose I’ll send the receiver and other small parts off for color case work. May even re-barrel in 308 before I’m finished. Guess we’ll see how my first stock re-finish turns out.
Used an iron and wet rag to pull out most of the dents and dings. Stripped off the old finish with Citristrip this evening. I guess I’ll go at it with some sandpaper and get ready to re-stain it before finishing with Tru-Oil. At some point I suppose I’ll send the receiver and other small parts off for color case work. May even re-barrel in 308 before I’m finished. Guess we’ll see how my first stock re-finish turns out.