J.Baker
10-12-2015, 12:35 PM
Decided to put a Decelerator pad on my Winchester 94 Big Bore so I ordered a pre-fit. I knew the odds of it fitting perfectly were slim to none, but I hoped if anything it would be proud rather than small so I could just grind it down to fit. No such luck. Hadn't planned on cutting the stock down, but the new pad was a hair over 1/8" short so I ended up lopping 3/8" off which would give me a 13-3/4" LOP (stock was 13-1/2"). This left the stock almost a perfect match for the new pad and I just had to touch up a few small spots to get it right.
Going this far I decided what the hell - might as well refinish the stock and forearm as well. Both had a few very small handling marks that I could easily live with, but the high gloss factory finish wasn't really want I wanted on a hunting rifle. So out came the Citri Strip, plastic scrapers and nylon bristle brushes.
Not sure what I'm going to use to refinish it yet. Have a can of CP Gun Sav'R aerosol finish, some Truoil, boiled Linseed Oil, and of course some MinWax Satin polyurethane clear. I've used all but the linseed oil in the past and all are a little glossy for my liking, but not sure if I want to use this stock set as a guinea pig for my first linseed oil refinish and each application of linseed oil takes forever to dry.
Going this far I decided what the hell - might as well refinish the stock and forearm as well. Both had a few very small handling marks that I could easily live with, but the high gloss factory finish wasn't really want I wanted on a hunting rifle. So out came the Citri Strip, plastic scrapers and nylon bristle brushes.
Not sure what I'm going to use to refinish it yet. Have a can of CP Gun Sav'R aerosol finish, some Truoil, boiled Linseed Oil, and of course some MinWax Satin polyurethane clear. I've used all but the linseed oil in the past and all are a little glossy for my liking, but not sure if I want to use this stock set as a guinea pig for my first linseed oil refinish and each application of linseed oil takes forever to dry.