Thats what they refer to as first come first served.I would have to get rid of my grey laminate hw30 to justify getting the walnut version… so are people calling AoA and asking for “select walnut”? And is that fair to the next buyer lol. Seems like first come, better served.
Very legal to ask for a selection and AOA actually will look for a "better?" stock , of course your relying on that persons idea as to what is the best .I would have to get rid of my grey laminate hw30 to justify getting the walnut version… so are people calling AoA and asking for “select walnut”? And is that fair to the next buyer lol. Seems like first come, better served
@ Indiana Air Gun show a lot of people were talking about the HW30 in Gray Lam stock like it was something special ? I just heard the talk went and looked at the gun , nice , but i do not like Lam stocksThats what they refer to as first come first served.
Any walnut HW is a major upgrade in my opinion.
Your Grey Laminate should be a desirable stock, and way better than the average beech stock.
Law of supply and demand ! ( and i agree : always better to keep the wife happy , after 55 years i still keep fresh flowers on the table all the time )
Well I finally started the process yesterday, I bought the same oil that you did from Amazon. I began to apply it with some white cotton cloth. My stock also had that flat grey-ish look about it. With the oil applied it really showed off the figure underneath. Like you said the wood really soaks in that oil quickly. I put on one layer of oil in the morning and by the afternoon it was dry. I added more last evening and this morning it is dry already. I took some photos before I started and I’ll take some more in a few days once it’s really soaked in. Thanks,
Okay. I’m kind of glad to have you a few steps ahead of me to pass along what you have learned. Sounds like yours is looking pretty good now. Perhaps I should stay with the walnut oil for a while and follow your footsteps. Then in a while I’ll get the boiled linseed oil. Isn’t that the stuff you have to be really careful about disposing of your used rags? Thanks,
Generally speaking, yes. I use a little 2x2inch patch to apply, or piece of paper towel about that large. When finished I either wet it and put in trash or simply lay it across the cap on a closed can of BLO. Honestly it is too small by itself to generate enough heat to combust. Same with the one paper towel I might later rub the stock down with. Also any of these are discarded in a closed kitchen trash can which limits oxygen supply even if they should reach combustion temperature. That is one thing I constantly think about. Wetting rags and putting in closed trash can has worked for me for years. The only fire in the area I know of attribted to that was at a house a next door doctor was having built. A painter finishing a bunch of cabinets threw a large quantity of used rags in a large can and that started a fire.
