GunnyUSMC
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One day I stopped in at one of my local pawn shops to look around. There wasn't much new on the rack so I asked it they had anything coming out. The guy said that he had an old 30-06 Mauser, but had not put it out yet. He then pointed to a boltaction sporter that was behind the counter. From about 20 feet away I could tell that it was not a Mauser, due to the bolt handle. It was a US 1917. It was in a Walnut sporter stock, but something just did not look right.
I asked to look at it and when he handed it to me the first thought I had was what a waste of good Walnut. It had a poor checkering job and It had BLING!
He said that he was not sure what to price it at. Well I handed it back to him and said good luck.
A few days later when I went back to the shop the guy I had talked to said that the boss did not want to sell the rifle with the crack at the back of the tang and wanted to know if I wanted to repair the stock. I said that I would but there was no way that I was going to leave the BLING on the stock.
Well here is the victim. Not only did it have a poor checkering job, but someone had covered the checkering wile gold paint. Have you ever seen cherking that was 4 to 5 lines per inch?
Here is the crack, a very simple repair.
Here is a close up of the checkering.
Well as some of you know, I will try and fix just about anything and try to make it look good too. I had two other sporter stocks to refinish so I just did the 1917 stock at the same time.
Yes. I am striping three stocks at the same time. I don't recamend that any of you try this at home, I am a professional.
Well I had to strip it twice to get all the BLING out of the wood. I do have to say, this is a nice looking piece of Walnut.
I stained the stock with Herter's French Red to give the stock that classic look from the 50's and 60's. The stock still didn't look right with that bad checkering so I had to hide it a little. I did this by using a Q-tip and Brown leather dye to stain just the checkered areas. By doing this it will give the stock some contrast between the checkering and the rest of the stock. Now this will look good.
I hand rubbed in 3 coats of BLO and topped it off with two coats of paste wax.
Here is a close up of the repair. The hole goes into the stock about 4 inches and the dowel was wrapped in fiberglass cloth. Acraglas was used to hold everthing together.
The guys at the shop were happy with the stock when I brought it back. It ended up being a very nice looking rifle.
I asked to look at it and when he handed it to me the first thought I had was what a waste of good Walnut. It had a poor checkering job and It had BLING!
He said that he was not sure what to price it at. Well I handed it back to him and said good luck.
A few days later when I went back to the shop the guy I had talked to said that the boss did not want to sell the rifle with the crack at the back of the tang and wanted to know if I wanted to repair the stock. I said that I would but there was no way that I was going to leave the BLING on the stock.
Well here is the victim. Not only did it have a poor checkering job, but someone had covered the checkering wile gold paint. Have you ever seen cherking that was 4 to 5 lines per inch?
Here is the crack, a very simple repair.
Here is a close up of the checkering.
Well as some of you know, I will try and fix just about anything and try to make it look good too. I had two other sporter stocks to refinish so I just did the 1917 stock at the same time.
Yes. I am striping three stocks at the same time. I don't recamend that any of you try this at home, I am a professional.
Well I had to strip it twice to get all the BLING out of the wood. I do have to say, this is a nice looking piece of Walnut.
I stained the stock with Herter's French Red to give the stock that classic look from the 50's and 60's. The stock still didn't look right with that bad checkering so I had to hide it a little. I did this by using a Q-tip and Brown leather dye to stain just the checkered areas. By doing this it will give the stock some contrast between the checkering and the rest of the stock. Now this will look good.
I hand rubbed in 3 coats of BLO and topped it off with two coats of paste wax.
Here is a close up of the repair. The hole goes into the stock about 4 inches and the dowel was wrapped in fiberglass cloth. Acraglas was used to hold everthing together.
The guys at the shop were happy with the stock when I brought it back. It ended up being a very nice looking rifle.