SKS refinsh pics

[7mmsavage]

Here are a few shots of my latest project, thought I would share. It's an early 60's Chinese SKS, I've had it for a few years and have always wanted to refinish it. When I bought this rifle it was wearing an ATI folding stock, and the bayonet and upper handguard had been painted green! It came with the original stock, which had some damage from someone trying to install a sling stud. There was the hole from the stud and a large chip had come out when the hole was drilled. You can see the repair I made in some of the photos, it is obviously a different type of wood and the stain didn't take quite as well as the rest of the stock.
The finish is RIT dye, a combination of wine and yellow, mixed with alcohol. Then covered with 4 thin coats of Zinnser Bullseye, amber polyurethane. It came out a little more red than I planned, but I think its growing on me.

 

[MMcfpd]

That looks great. I didn't even notice the sling surgery patch in the first picture.

 

[1 old 0311]

Nice job. I have also used Rit dye in the past.

 

[Mongrel]

Good job-it came out really well.

I appreciate an SKS that hasn't been played with.

Again, nice job.

 

[Chipperman]

Nice grain on the stock.
The dye really brings it out.

 

[7mmsavage]

Yeah, being able to see all that pattern is part of why I am happy with the color. I was trying to match the original orange shellac color, but the red really brought out the grain, and has sort of a Russian look. Thanks for all the positive replies!

 

[deputy tom]

Nice work.tom.