[spitfire_er]

I wanted to post some photos of my last project. I have this Mauser that needed some stock work so I ended up refinishing with some Tru-oil and it turned out fairly well. Just a quick rundown on what I did. After I got it the previous owner failed to bed the action so that resulted in a crack in the tang area. They screwed it and called it good. When I got it I totally bedded the action and trigger guard and pillared the rear screw. Then glued the crack up and replaced the screw. I put about 7-10 coats of Tru-oil on and sanded down to build up a finish and fill in the pores. Then I took a coffee filter and buffed in 5 more thin coats and got this. After that I put a little stock wax on it and called it good. I'm learning how to make this stuff work.

 

[spitfire_er]

a couple more.

 

[Darin115]

Nice!!


Darin

 

[huffmanite]

Never have used Truoil. Have too many other finish products from my woodworking hobby to buy the Truoil and try it. But, your pics of the Truoil look very nice. Congrats.

 

[broom_jm]

I think you did a really good job refinishing that stock, even though I don't really care for the high-gloss look. I've redone several stocks lately, but the ones I do for myself are always with an oil finish or Permalyn, for more of a flat finish. Just personal taste, but your work looks great, too.

 

[Shawn Crea]

Nice work spitfire! Putting that type of work into one of your rifles makes them more enjoyable to use. Looks like you had a nice base rifle and stock to start with.