"Beater" Stock finish

[CustomGunworks]

Hello,
I'm building a so called "Beater". It started life is a Remington 700 ADL 7mm Rem. Mag. that a friend won at an whitetails deal. I bought it from him because I at the time looking for something to replace may 700 BDL 270 Win. Anyway I got a Richard's brown on brown lam. stock. As I was inletting the stock , the snowball started to roll as they say and I came up with the idea to install alum. pillers,glass bed the action and install a magazine.I've now finally got'n that far. It's come time to finish the stock and I've always thought that I was going to put a walnut stain to daken it up before the finish . But I looking for a finish that when dry would not have a shen to it. I've been use tru-oil on orther "fancy" stocks but would like something more dull.

Any thoughts ??

 

[asknight]

Tru-oil dulls nicely with steel wool after the final finish. BLO (boiled linseed oil) is also more dull than a regular Tru-oil finish.

 

[DMK]

I use pure tung oil. http://www.realmilkpaint.com/oil.html

It's waterproof, has a fairly dull finish and it's oil so you can reapply more if you get a ding or it dries out.

The only caveat is you need to put about four to six coat on initially and it takes about a week to completely polymerize. I usually do a coat, wait 24 hours, do another, wait 24 hours, etc. Then let it set a week.

BLO would work too.

 

[Clemson]

I use Polyurethane finish in spray cans on laminates. Try this one in the Satin finish variety: http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/productdetail.aspx?p=5529&s=12867

Clemson

 

[CustomGunworks]

Well here it is from the start

And this is the bedding

And with one coat of walnut stain
I'll post more pic's with filler sealer.
What do you think ?

 

[Jim Watson]

It still looks like plywood.
I am not going to get excited over the finish on laminated stocks, they are purely utilitarian.

 

[brianc]

Go out and buy a can of truckbed spray paint! Adds texture, a nice uniform finish. Wears great! and protect the wood from scapes and dings. If you ever wear thruogh it.. give it another coat! And it has a nice dull finish. B

 

[CustomGunworks]

Two More Pic's now with two coats of stain and two coats of filler sealer.

 

[CustomGunworks]

Well here she is all done !!
it's a little shiner then I wanted

 

[carbine mike]

Hey custom, looks great to me. I understand the comment about plywood to a point but it sure as heck looks a lot better than a chunk of plastic and considering the price of a nice walnut stock that you hate to scratch or ding, its a good choice. Also a good finish.