That’s my opinion also. And my wife says “you don’t want them to look alike anyway.” Good point.
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To Strip or Not To Strip
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no reason you cant duplicate the bottom one again , it will come out different as it is a different piece of wood . Saw a "job" at the show Saturday . the guy wrapped wire around the stock and "waved "a torch across the wood . interesting .
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I have done the wire/torch process on black powder rifles. Did this Crosman 760. The wire can scar the wood. It’s a gamble.
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Finishing seems scary, it's not and it is redoable many times before you sand your stock away.Nothing gets a thread derailed faster than finishing a gunstock or is a R7 enough power to hunt with.
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Hey BOG,
Your strip stain of beach and other processes are pretty much the best handling of beech I’ve seen.
I had a Stormrider years ago with nice grain and hit it with a honey, poly one-step finish, but I prefer the bottom pic with better grain popping out.
- Still working on my Fuming tent and will Fume a few beech stock using ammonia to bring out the nice grain structure of the wood.
Your strip stain of beach and other processes are pretty much the best handling of beech I’ve seen.
I had a Stormrider years ago with nice grain and hit it with a honey, poly one-step finish, but I prefer the bottom pic with better grain popping out.
- Still working on my Fuming tent and will Fume a few beech stock using ammonia to bring out the nice grain structure of the wood.
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Well, as nice as that wood is and as talented as you are…. Start carving on that stock, maybe some leaf or fret work
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Is your middle name Houdini? Man dId you ever bring out the grain in that stock. Very nice work. Magical.
If you’re ever bored, I’ve got at least 50 of those ugly stocks? Crow
If you’re ever bored, I’ve got at least 50 of those ugly stocks? Crow
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At first I thought the top stock was the same stock as the bottom one but quickly realized that the top one is a "stock photo" lifted from an add and the bottom one is a completely different gun. The growth rings are different.
Very good result regardless.
Very good result regardless.
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The way factories treat what could be very nice looking wood is a real shame. Production speed rules, however in many cases they have given the craftsman a good starting point. Chemical stripper to preserve the wood and start over. I swear they dip stocks sometimes.
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