I used orange cleaner on the cosmoed wood, but it's looking dull now. The handguard dried darker than the stock, but they were the same color before the treatment. I scraped off some caked on cosmo in the trigger/mag cutout, and the wood is clean of grease.
I have some Minwax Tung Oil Finish to apply to the wood with 0000 steel wool, so I hope I can match it to the handguard.
I'll tell you about the results later;
thanx Dante'
Cleaning the unissued Prud 44 M-48
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Cleaning the unissued Prud 44 M-48
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I got the Pred 44 back togather again, but I traded in the Minwax for Formsby's Tung Oil that I used on other Mausers. The hand guard got darker than the rest of the stock, but after I applied more coats of Tung Oil it matches pertty closely.
The wood is still a little rought, as the wood was not sanded well from the aromor. I covered over the inked in numbers on the butt stock over the serial number;You can still read the inked in numbers through the Tung Oil.
I'm not sure if I should wax the stock, as it looks like a mil surp now. Do you wax your mil surps?
Thanx Dante'
The wood is still a little rought, as the wood was not sanded well from the aromor. I covered over the inked in numbers on the butt stock over the serial number;You can still read the inked in numbers through the Tung Oil.
I'm not sure if I should wax the stock, as it looks like a mil surp now. Do you wax your mil surps?
Thanx Dante'
"We do not stop laughing because we grow old;
We grow old because we stop laughing!"
Objects in mirror are closer than they appear: DRIVE FASTER!!!
I found the mirror at a wrecked race car at California (AAA) Speedway
We grow old because we stop laughing!"
Objects in mirror are closer than they appear: DRIVE FASTER!!!
I found the mirror at a wrecked race car at California (AAA) Speedway
My M48 is about as rough a finish as it can get, although in excellent condition according to the seller. Don't know why they didn't put a little sandpaper to the surface after the machine cut, but they didn't.... it seems like this to me, anyway.
I don't wax mine. I just hang that baby on the wall and leave it alone. The headspace seems too tight too and cases seem to stick after firing as well.
I don't wax mine. I just hang that baby on the wall and leave it alone. The headspace seems too tight too and cases seem to stick after firing as well.