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Section 16: Gun Work Subject: 22 Stock Msg# 1076540
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As primarily a guy who works on military rifles, boiled linseed oil has been my go-to finish for decades, but you know how much work it is, and if you actually use a rifle much, you have to periodically renew a linseed oil finish, so I've long been looking for alternatives. I watched a documentary on M1 rifles where a builder said he used Danish oil, but I've never found a true Danish oil that wasn't just another name for polyurethane  of one sort or another. Um, no thanks!  I'm sure there are other natural oil wood finishes, but I haven't found any.
I've picked up a couple rifles where someone had lightly sanded the stocks--not good but not a travesty, and finished the stocks, I believe with Tru-oil, which is polyurethane based. As you know you can leave that high gloss or buff it down to nearly a matte, or soft finish. Not like Pilkington's I'm sure. But these both have a nearly matte finish--someone obviously wanted them to look as military as possible and did a credible job. A casual shooter/collector might find them acceptable, but I don't. When the weather is better I intend to strip the stocks and refinish them. I have another rifle that I want to try the Pilkington's on, by the way, not these, but an older walnut stocked, blue steel Mauser. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Hi Mark, While sanding a dried varnish will fill the pores, it is a lot harder than using the wet sanding procedure. Filling the pores with the wet sanding method will fill the pores faster and with a lot less work. The Pilkington finishing oil is linseed oil based and you can get that beautiful soft finish that you see on high custom stocks. Frank |
