How do you get these stickers off the stock?

[duelist1954]

I just picked up a .22 LR Savage MK II FVXP for squirrel hunting. It is a beautiful little .22 with a nice, full-sized 3X9 power variable scope.

The only thing I don't like about it are the red and white Savage stickers on the stock. I guess this is a big thing lately on synthetic stocked hunting rifles because I see such sticker on the butt stocks of guns on Outdoor channel shows all the time.

Can the stickers be removed without leaving a permanent glue patch on the stock? If you've successfully removed one, what did you use?

 

[BHarada]

Peel off what you can then use either some rubbing alcohol or GooGone to clean off any residue. But hopefully they didn't use a permanent adhesive label and it will peel off cleanly.

As for labels on guns on Outdoor Channel shows, that's advertising for the show sponsors.

 

[Magoo]

WD-40 is a great sticker residue remover.

 

[Coyote3855]

Isn't just synthetic stocks. I bought a Marlin Commemorative 39 (brass buttplate and foreend cap) in 1972 or thereabouts. A sticker on the stock said "Genuine American Walnut." When I took the sticker off, the stock finish came off with it. I ended up refinishing the stock and forearm with TruOil.

 

[bfoosh006]

Be careful with Goo Gone... sometimes it does more damage than good.

Try lighter fluid.

 

[karlsgunbunker]

WD-40 is a great sticker residue remover.

Ditto!

 

[mr.t7024]

Borrow your wife's hair dryer,and heat it up and peel it off!Cliff

 

[N.Schafer]

Mineral spirit works well and doesn't mess up the finish.

 

[bikemutt]

WD-40.

That yellow sticker Browning likes to use on their barrels is even worse, took me 20 minutes to get that thing off without harming the finish

 

[herrwalther]

+1 for Goo Gone. I have used it on wood and polymer stocks with no problems.

 

[witchhunter]

hair dryer and some wd-40. It will probably come right off after it gets warmed up. Personally, I don't like em either....

 

[DDawg]

Mine just peeled off my savage FCP, no marks or residue. Stuck it back on my ammo can.

 

[akv3g4n]

Try lighter fluid.

+1 on the lighter fluid. It's great for removing the sticky residue and won't harm the finish.

I had a relative that used to work for an eye doctor and it's what they used to remove labels from the lenses for glasses.

 

[briansmithwins]

WD-40 is a great sticker residue remover.

One of the two known good uses for WD-40.

The other is blowing water out of distributor caps.

BSW