What lies beneath

[kirby999]

I decided, since I had gotten a new custom stock for my R7, to put my old R7 stock on my HW30. I then decided since the HW30 stock had gotten scratched up on a weekend hunting trip , to strip the factory finish and redo the HW30 stock to see if I could improve it a little. This was the one I had attempted to do stippling on the grip area and on the sweet spot on the forearm. I never cared much for the mud brown stain that the factory smears on these beech stocks. When I sanded off the finish I was surprised to fine some nice grain in the stock . I redid the stippling , added some Minwax stain and I'm now in the process of adding some Tru-oil to finish it off . I'll post some pictures once I get it finished in next couple of days . kirby

[Gene_SC]

Hey David. Did the HW 30 have any checkering in it? I have always wondered how to refinish a stock with checkering. Sanding would ruin it for sure. Maybe a lite sand blaster on very low low pressure. Anyway for sure show us some pics.. How do you like the finish on your HW 50?

Gene

[kirby999]

Gene, The HW30 didn't have checkering , I had stippled it and sanded half the stippling off refinishing, and had to re-stipple . The HW50S I got actually shows a little grain through the stain they put on it, not anywhere near what the HW30 looked like. I'll most likely be stippling the grip area on the HW50 eventually and my RWS40 I have , neither have checkering. The factory finish is tough , but scratched pretty easy when I went hunting and had a sling on the rifle and it rubbed against my suspender buckle , while I carried it on my shoulder. I think I prefer an oil finish , it's easier to touch up. There's no telling what I might refinish before the winter's over . It keeps the hands exercised. kirby

[Splash]

Yeh it's hard to tell what's under some of the factory finishes. I've got an older Win 1000x that had that mud brown stain. It had 3 very small scratches near the butpad,so I stripped it, not much of a grain pat,but the color looks more like walnut, might go clear on this one. I also got a new B-3 and stripped the orange paint off of it and was very surprized at what I found. Of course it had a fair amount of filler, but with the grain pat it had just couldn't paint it. As soon as I'm able to get back to work on them I'll post pics of both.

Mike

[kirby999]

I would have preferred outdoor pictures without a flash , but I'm not going to complain about it raining outside . The lakes, trees and everything else needs it around here. kirby

[Splash]

Turned out real nice David. Is that another one of Gene's creations on the barrel? Did you use a dremel for the stippling?

Mike

[kirby999]

Thanks Mike and you have a good eye , yes that is a shroud from Airgun Toys . I used a very small ball cutter with the dremel tool to stipple . this was the first one I did and had to follow the original pattern to make it look right when I redid it . I've done a CZ rimfire with a Boyd's walnut stock, that turned out much better . Practice makes , well.......better anyway. kirby

[CharlieDaTuna]

Ya did a fine job there Dave. Some day, if I ever get the time or retire, I'm gonna do me some wood butchering. I say that because it will surely wind up being butchered wood when I git dun wiff it....lol..

[kirby999]

I'm still debating on whether the stippling would look better if I darken it . kirby

[Splash]

Darkening the stippling would make it stand out more and possibly help to hide any imperfections, if there is any. I would try it on a peice of scrap and see how it looks.

Mike

[Gene_SC]

Another fantastic creation David.. I almost forgot that I had did two of those shrouds fer ya..:) Looks very nice and well balanced. Now I can see how you did it now. You were trying to explain it on the phone at one time. I am gonna have to try it on a piece of wood for practice. How long did it take you to do one side? I wonder if Peak has one of those HW 30's ..:)

Thanks for sharing

Gene