my custom 10/22...

[Hemicuda]

A few monthes ago, I got a Midway barrel (used) with a Target match chamber, from another member on here... this is the starting point for a buildup...

I picked up a used 10/22 at a gunshow, and a BSA Sweet .22 3-9X40 scope, a Volquartsen trigger parts kit, and finally, 2 weeks ago, a "new" Boyds thumbhole target stock unfinished "in the rough" in grey laminate... (also from Volquartsen)

I sanded and shaped the stock, then started with Boiled Linseed Oil (which DRAMATICALLY darkened the stock... far more than I originally wanted!...) I finished it up with Tung oil, for gloss...

all in all, the dark stock has grown on me... IF this pic works, what do y'all think? (I am also getting sub-1" groups at 100 yards.) It shoots SWEET!

 

[CSA 357]

looks great! and getting groups like that on top of it, i like the dark wood

 

[f4t9r]

stock looks nice

 

[10-Ring]

That sure is purdy!

 

[Hemicuda]

I was NOT impressed with it when I applied the Boiled Linseed Oil... I was going for a light grey finish, semi-glossy...

Dad has had good luck with BLO...

for ME, BLO BLOWS!... I was pissed... it looked almost solid black... and the BLO had soaked in DEEP...

I was sanding it, trying desperately to remove the oil, and lighten it up... two things happened...

first, where it WAS sanding through (on the non end-grain), it was showing light BROWN.,.. the BLO had removed the grey dies from the laminate...

second, the end-grain where the die wasn't removed, wasn't lightening at all...

my answer was either to burn the thing, and try a new one with ONLY tung oil... or smooth it back out and tung oil this one...

I hated it at first, and was still gonna order a new stock, finish it, and destroy my mistake, but it has grown on me... and it sure is unique!

As for the groups... I was a Junior Smallbore national match competitor in the 70's and early 80's... if the gun is accurate, so am I, at least with a rifle... shotguns, and handguns are another matter entirely!

 

[Ifishsum]

Nice rifle! I had a similar stock experience with a Boyds pepper laminate. Started rubbing Tru-Oil into it and it ended up a very unique dark green and grey-black color. I wasn't too excited at first, but just went with it rather than try to sand anything. Now everyone who sees it comments on the color and finish, and I really like it for it's uniqueness.