After having spent 2-3 weeks scrubbing the dark bore with various suggested well know products, I resigned myself to a dark bore on my Yugo M48. It shot pretty well so I was happy. I heard of yet one more product that would clean that bore (Wipe Out, Brushless bore cleaner). Although remaining scept...

I did remove the the finish using a paint remover I purchased from Home Depot and I'm very happy with the results. I had previously removed most of the black paint on the metal using MEK, which is very similar to Acetone but doesn't evaporate so quickly. At this point I have one coat of Tung oil on ...

My Russian Capture K98 from SOG arrived. They had a weekly special and I picked it up for $160. The stock is very dark with the exception of the left side of the butt where there is a 3" X 3" area that is indented and obviously sanded (much lighter than the rest of the stock). It has the n...