Refinishing a shotgun stock

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Howdy

Any tips and tricks for refinishing a shotgun stock? I'm planning on sanding it back and oil finishing the stock.

Any recommendations for good stock oils?

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[romulus]

Pure tung oil and pure linseed oil make for beautiful stocks, but it's a laborious process. Birchwood-Casey's Tru-Oil is linseed based with a japan-type dryer in it, I've seen nice ersults (still a hand-rubbed finish.)

I guess I would choose the finish based on the gun...is it a fancy stock or a military & police style stock? For the former a patient hand rubbing with boiled linseed or tung is the way I'd go. For an M&P stock I'd go with Dan's military finish, which is basically a 1/3 each mix of beeswax, mineral spirits, and linseed oil.

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Good luck

 

[Clemson]

Strip the old finish with paint remover. Raise any dents with steam. Sand only as required to get a smooth surface, and finish with Tru-oil. You will likely have to recut the checkering, but that is pretty easy when the old pattern is there to guide the cutter.

Good Luck!

Clemson

 

[Sunray]

Don't stand the butt on end for drying. The oil will run down and accumulate at the butt end creating a very dark patch that is uneven with the rest of it. Do one side at a time and lay the stock as flat as you can get it for drying..

 

[kimbernut]

Refinishing shotgun stock

The key ingredient to a good finish is don't get in a hurry. Keep all of your sanding strokes with the grain even with the steel wool.Tru-oil is wonderful stuff but you must take your time to eliminate any imperfections.Don't think the next coat of tru-oil will hide it 'cause it won't.The first two coats need to be applied fairly heavy and after each of the first two coats take the finish back down to the wood with OOOO steel wool.From here to completion make your coats as thin as you possibly can and apply each coat with the grain using a lint-free cloth (t-shirt knit,linen)wrapped snuggly around a single finger. Hold your work up to the light to check the finish as you go. A piece of bent conduit screwed to a buttplate screwhole or a dowel in the stock bolt hole makes a great handle for working the stock. If you go with the conduit handle both ends should be drilled and/or flattened . One end to attach to the stock and the other end to hang from a wire hook for drying.