Schmidt Rubin, Model G11

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Re: Schmidt Rubin, Model G11

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sun Jul 30, 2017 7:41 am

And finally, before I ship Roberts off to him, a pic of them both together.......

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Re: Schmidt Rubin, Model G11

Post by DuncaninFrance » Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:47 pm

ArchFluffy wrote:Yay! It's finally arrived!

Okay, when I decide to refinish my old Swiss rifles I use this recipe. It's supposed to be the old one for the old walnut stocks.

30% Turpentine
30% Linseed oil (raw, not the boiled kind)
30% fruit (wine) vinegar
10% bee's wax

The hardest part is heating the liquid to melt the wax into it. Or maybe finding raw linseed oil is the hardest part. Waiting for real bee's wax and not some petrol paraffin substitute to arrive in the mail is really hard too.

Be careful heating all this flammable stuff to melt the wax! Once the wax is dissolved into the mix it stays dissolved. You can melt the wax in a separate container and the pour it in but it will harden when it hits the cool liquid. That's why you'll probably end up needing to heat it all anyway.

Rub it on with some kind of lint free cloth. Try applying the first coat warm. Drying times may be long time because raw linseed oil does not have drying agents in it like the stuff found in a hardware store. I think I left my Vetterli stock up for a couple of weeks for the second coat. Waiting might be the hardest part. Yeah, it is.

But the finish that this gives is wonderful. Not super shiny and not that sort of plastic feel that some finishes give. It's more like satin. With the wax in it I bet you can buff it to a shine if you want. I only ever use two coats.

You can store the finish in a can for other projects.

Hope this helps! :SWI:

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Well I got all the makings together and boiled them up today. After they were well mixed I poured them into a basin to set and put the pan down by the burner I had been using - it caught fire :shock: :lol: Iput it out and turned off the gas............
I gave the wood a clean with a horrible mix I use for the job and then washed it with 90% pure alcohol. I then coated the wood. It went on quite easily and I put 2 coats on the forend and polished them up. Looks great Arch.
Picture to follow in due course. (I even dis an old Afghan Martini-Henry butt and that looks good too :cool: :cool:
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Re: Schmidt Rubin, Model G11

Post by DuncaninFrance » Wed Aug 02, 2017 5:49 am

Arch, you don't need the vinegar, it wont mix in........ :roll: :roll:
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Re: Schmidt Rubin, Model G11

Post by ArchFluffy » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:32 pm

Looking forward to the pics!

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Re: Schmidt Rubin, Model G11

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:57 am

Ready for the range :razz: :razz:

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Re: Schmidt Rubin, Model G11

Post by Niner » Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:54 am

I take it you will leave the frog sticker at home...and remember to remove the muzzle cover. :bigsmile:
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Re: Schmidt Rubin, Model G11

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:18 pm

:bigsmile: Clever people the Swiss, you can't get a sight picture unless you remove the muzzle cover :roll:
As for the bayonet - I like to see what difference it makes to the score so will take it first time out. :razz:
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Re: Schmidt Rubin, Model G11

Post by Niner Delta » Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:35 pm

You need to take at least 200 rounds to the range to make it worthwhile...... :mrgreen:

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Re: Schmidt Rubin, Model G11

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:13 am

Wish I had 200 rounds :shock: Ammo is a bit more expensive here Vern :roll: :roll:
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Re: Schmidt Rubin, Model G11

Post by ArchFluffy » Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:59 am

Whatever you do make sure you take pics!

It sure looks pretty!

Makes me want to buy another rifle. Hmmm, where to start? I guess I'll get a sling, and muzzle cover and reloading dies and supplies and a bayo... :razz:

Seriously though, it looks great!

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