Any Stock Finishers here ? I have a couple questions

[epoletna]

Spoonbill--

Take to heart what JustinP61 says about darkening the stock with aqua fortis. I have done several fiddleback maple stocks this way -- one on a Hawken rifle replica. Anothr was on a Santa Barbara Mauser in 7 mm Rem Mag. Finished with Tru-oil after darkening. Both turned out really well. Darkening with aqua fortis and heat did a great job of darkening the wood without masking the figure of the wood. I have used a propane torch and a gas stove burner for the heat to darken the wood after applying aqua fortis.

 

[22250imp]

If them dark streaks are still bothering you too much I could take it off your hands!! LOL !!!
It is looking very nice!!

 

[MW204]

Saw marks, those are just saw marks...

Now you're bragging. hahaha

 

[MW204]

quick update and a question;

not sure how many coats I'm on but it's starting to shine in some spots but there are streaks of where it's not. It's like as soon as I put on the oil, it is dry immediately and has a duller look where as the other spots you can tell it's sitting on top of the last coat.

Any ideas?

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Some of that looks like low spots to me, did you sand the stock with your hand or did you have a sanding block to keep it level?

 

[MW204]

I want to know where you got the wood and who cut the stock

I have my dad's pre-64 model 70 featherweight

I would like to keep the original stock and get a new one that's glass bedded and floated

I hope he answers your question but if he bought it off someone you can bet your last dollar this stock came from Richard's MicroFit Stocks, the give away for me is the cap and tip, that's their stock pieces if you want it. They have a great selection of stocks and can go pretty much as deep as your pocketbook wants to go to get some really beautiful wood with tons of grain from end to end and top to bottom if you want to pay for it.

 

[CjC73]

Yes..its a Richards microfit stock. A factory second, AAA grade.

 

[MW204]

Sorry to differ: Claro& Black Walnut, s need gloss to show off Fiddleback & Crotch figure. As does Maple.

I agree completely, here's my Quilted Maple that was made in 1980, my first and only custom made rifle that was made by someone else. The stock is a Richard's MicroFit, the finish is Tru-Oil, other than dings and a few character marks the finish still looks great.

 

[epoletna]

MW204: That's a beauty1

 

[MW204]

Yes..its a Richards microfit stock. A factory second, AAA grade.

I have built close to 2 dozen rifles using Richard's stocks and I used Tru-Oil on them all. If the owner wanted gloss he got Tru-Oil, if he wanted satin he got Tru-Oil because it's easy to dull the Tru-Oil to satin and I love the way it protects your wood.

 

[MW204]

MW204: That's a beauty1

Thank you, the smith that built her worked for Ranger Arms for those that are familiar with that closed down company. He was local for me and I got to see his work first hand and when I could afford to have a rifle built this is what I chose.

 

[Dean2]

I agree completely, here's my Quilted Maple that was made in 1980, my first and only custom made rifle. The stock is a Richard's MicroFit, the finish is Tru-Oil, other than dings and a few character marks the finish still looks great.

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Very pretty stock, especially after so many years. I love quilted maple but i do have to ask why the quilts have such a dark tone. Did you Fortis, burn or die them. It really doesn't look like maple being that dark.

 

[CjC73]

I agree completely, here's my Quilted Maple that was made in 1980, my first and only custom made rifle that was made by someone else. The stock is a Richard's MicroFit, the finish is Tru-Oil, other than dings and a few character marks the finish still looks great.

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That's amazing!!!!

Exhibition grade I assume

 

[old_heli_logger]

Now you're bragging. hahaha

Nah, that was a $400 blank... here's a $500 one. They're all for sale, I'm just tired of advertising them....okay, I'm just being lazy

 

[MW204]

Very pretty stock, especially after so many years. I love quilted maple but i do have to ask why the quilts have such a dark tone. Did you Fortis, burn or die them. It really doesn't look like maple being that dark.

The smith used chromic acid, I think that's what it was called, it turned the powder white maple a burnt black. I do not remember how long he left the acid on the stock.
After he removed the first layer or two of the burnt wood, which the stock was still really dark he asked me if I wanted to sand it to the color I wanted and I took him up on his offer. He told me that the dark black is the softer wood and the acid went deeper there so take off what I wanted as far as the color went and then he'd finish the stock. Hey he got free labor out of the deal, but I can't grip because it's took dark or light either.