Stock refurbishment, matching the forend to stock?

[Jonny English]

Has anyone had a stock refinished by a gunsmith, was just looking for a rough idea of cost to have someone do it?

For reference it's a grade 1 Mk60 sporter, with a few scratches and the odd dint in the lacquer.

 

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Nigel had a lovely job done on his stock and forend.

Maybe MX8 can give details (I forgot).

 

[Jonny English]

Evening all, well as you may have seen I have purchased a new stock to go on my grade 1 MK60.  The problem is that the new stock is oil finished which is what I was after, but my forend is lacquered.  So need to remove the laquer and then oil the forend up to match.  I've been looking for some previous threads but I just can't seem to land on them.  If anyone has any tips on oil finishing the forend, or can point me to a decent thread it would be most appreciated.

Regards Martin

 

[wylye]

£200 should do it - but don't go to your local gunshop to have it done. Find the local expert and ask him to sort it out. Or send it down to me and I'll get it done for £235.

 

[Jonny English]

Thanks for the offer Wylye. I'm off to have a go at matching up the forend myself after I've had a practice on an old air rifle first. If I make a complete coco up I'll have to dmallow my pride and get it sorted.

Anyone got any tips on how to subtlety darken the wood, will the stock oil do this or will a stain be required? Or best to steer clear of darkening the wood.

 

[ips]

Rapid oil is the easiest to use as it has a hardner added, it will dsrken it a bit but not much, alternatively use a red root oil kit which will incl a seperate harder this will do what it says the red will enhance the grain. Do not use a stain it will look cack imo. You cannot cock it up trust me, the secret is in the prep, get it nice and clean nice and smooth and then uee many light coats, palm well in and leave to dry fully between coats. This will take at least 2 wks possibly longer so be prepared for an hours work per night. Good luck and enjoy its very theraputic.

 

[Salopian]

Oil will darken the wood but you really need to sand back both stock and fore end and check colour match to be certain.

 

[joe kitson]

save your self the trouble just had mine done stock and forend, with Tim  Greanwood unbelievabl  job over the moon with it,my gun a 325 browning it/s made a old gun into a new one the best 400 pound/s i spent this year  

 

[Jonny English]

Cool, thanks for the advice guys, will have plenty of time to oil her up, will do it over the summer while I use the Browning for clay shooting, this will be my game gun for winter.

The stock that I've bought is oiled and looks very similar to a grade 1 Beretta stock, nice brown with a bit of figure, the existing forend is a bit more typical of miroku grade 1 being straight grained, lacquered and slightly reddish. I'll get the laquerer stripped off and the stock sanded down a bit and see how they look.

 

[ips]

400 quid to re finish a stock, send em to me i will do them for 200

 

[wylye]

£195.00!

 

[ips]

Any advance

 

[Hamster]

I did the wood on my first gun myself, lovingly rubbed 3in1 into it at every opportunity :lol:  and people would often comment on the grain and the lusture !  Then I read it might not be a sensible thing to do and realised why it had gone darker near the action and stopped. That Laurona cost me £315 in as new condition and I px'd it for level money after years of pigeon and clay shooting. :dance:

 

[Jonny English]

Excuse the ironing board, New oiled stock from Ben, existing lacquered forend off grade 1 Mk60.

 

[Hotshot100]

save your self the trouble just had mine done stock and forend, with Tim  Greanwood unbelievabl  job over the moon with it,my gun a 325 browning it/s made a old gun into a new one the best 400 pound/s i spent this year  

Tim Greenwood refinished the stock on my 18 year old Perazzi last year. He made a fantastic job of it, No one can believe the age of the gun, it looks better than new.

If you go to Tim it would be worthwhile getting him to check and adjust the pitch of the stock and to fit a decent pad at the same time.

 

[Salopian]

Sometimes I really do struggle to keep abreast of the blatant advertising that goes on on this forum????????

The OP asked a simple question, but has received complex answers trying to part him from considerable amounts of money.

The OP didn't ask for a pad to be fitted , he doesn't want an adjustable comb, he doesn't want the pitch changing.

So here goes, Johnny English, the wood in your photograph looks like a very good match for grain and colour.

Obtain a tin of Nitromoors and follow the instructions to remove the varnish/lacquer from the fore end. 

Obtain a bottle of Trade Secrets or CCI  stock finishing oil from any good gunshop  and then follow the detailed instructions to the letter.

About ten days of dedicated care and elbow grease and you will have a glorious matching pieces of woodwork for possibly less than £25 + your spare time.

 

[shootinguru]

Well Salopian, Thats the best advice that I have seen on this site for a long time! :nyam:  

 

[Jonny English]

Cracking, thanks Salop. The wood is a better match than I first thought. I have ordered some CCL lacquer remover and CCL gunstock oil from Swillingtons website yesterday, so should be here Monday. I'm not polishing up a Purdy or anything expensive, just trying to make a half decent job of an £800 gun, and looking forward to doing it myself and having the satisfaction. Thanks again for all the advice.

Costs to date:

Stock £150

Lacquer and oil £15

Sanding block £4

Wet and dry FOC from work

Elbow grease FOC

 

[mx8]

within the last 3 months we've had two sets of wood send over to Dennis of UK Gun repairs to have the stock customized and then both pieces stripped right back and colour matched, £300 including return postage to leave a superb satin oil finish