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: Refinished stock on QB-78
: shadow July 01, 2007, 06:54:29 AM
Well when I got my QB tuned from Mike Melick all was fantastic except the stock. It had a nice color, cherry stain but there were scratches from a bad sanding job. I'm sure this was from the factory so I took her down and went to work sanding and sanding. I got it nice and smooth and applied a light stain, I wanted to go lighter to get the QB to stand out more. Three coat's of stain etc. and four coat's of tung oil and the ol fine steel wool prep. I think she turned out good and the grain which is a simple pattern stand's out more. It also show's off Gene's shroud and brake well. 8)
: RE: Refinished stock on QB-78
: longislandhunter July 01, 2007, 08:03:42 AM
Rifle looks sweet,  I like the light look  :)

Jeff
: RE: Refinished stock on QB-78
: Big_Bill July 01, 2007, 09:24:03 AM


Looks very nice Ed,



You have agreat feel forwood, and it looks so GoooooD !

: RE: Refinished stock on QB-78
: shadow July 01, 2007, 10:08:19 AM
Thank's guys, she's a shooter Jeff better add one to your collection hehe. I built another display gun rack out of some scrap wood and splashed a camo pattern on the backboard. Always working on something lol. Ed
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: Gene_SC July 01, 2007, 12:55:15 PM
Love that light wood Ed.. Really looks sharp buddy. I bet is stands out amongst your other babies.. hehe  You and Jeff are just going wild on all these new babies you are getting.. hehe  I gotta hurry up and do some catchin up..:) I am fallen way behind you two jaspers.. hehe

Gene
: RE: Refinished stock on QB-78
: shadow July 01, 2007, 01:00:15 PM
Thank's buddy but you just did that FANTASTIC tune and customizing on your 57 and mine won't be here until August. :0 Ed
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: leftcoast1 July 01, 2007, 01:00:41 PM
Ed, You da man nice toy. The light colored stock and shroud in the white really makes it stand out. Way to go!!!

Jason
: RE: Refinished stock on QB-78
: shadow July 01, 2007, 01:03:27 PM
Thank's the shroud is alumunum, sun glare 8) Gene does some fine work on his lathe. Ed
: Really nice work..........
: mikeiniowa July 03, 2007, 02:31:27 AM
The earlier models had a light colored stock like that, the wood working was quite primitive but it did look nice if you happened to get a good one. I lucked into an old model rifle with the light stock about a year ago, have kept it pretty much factory so it doesn't have the nice finish yours does but it shoots straight which is the main thing.........
: RE: Refinished stock on QB-78
: July 03, 2007, 03:14:51 AM
That refinish looks sharp, what lies beneath sure does scare me looking at my QB's though.  Mike the 79 arrived safe and sound, I had a chance to shoot a few rounds yesterday with an airsource adapter.  It barks and sure does hit hard.  Tommorow I had hoped to shoot/plink at my buddies in Alpine CA but the darn weather has turned to 100F in the shade so not sure if I will be able to.  I had told Skyler to put my 392 on the back burner to help with his move so I may be down to my B3's.

Cheers
Mark
: RE: Refinished stock on QB-78
: shadow July 03, 2007, 10:19:19 AM
Yup I got lucky on the stock, I could see the decent wood under there and the QB doesn't get lost in the lighter stock. Ed