Milsurp After Hours

I am so glad that I have you for a Mentor

Anything you need to know Duncan - just ask

People are always telling me I'm full of it. I assume they mean information.

Looks like you have done a good job Duncan. I hope I can get one with as good a looking stock.

I have started to coat the stock now. Dings have been reduced to a minimum but not filled. It has been smoothed down with various grades of sand/wet & dry paper although only on the outside of the stock. The internals are as they were. This is the state after the second thinned coat was applied. The stock is hanging in the workshop but I have rotated the photographs as they look better this way!

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After 4 coats of thinned and 8 coats of rubbed in neat oil it is ready for some polishing. I have just made up some Bees Wax and White Spirit and will be getting down to it this week.

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Very nice Duncan!!

An obvious reflection of the time and effort you are expending.

I have to agree Duncan, you have done a good job!!!!

Duncan.... you could run a little light sand paper over those scrape marks under the bolt take down ring......

.............obviously where Ivan used a circular sander to remove the German markings. That part of the stock is quite concaved as it is. i have already had 2 attempts at reducing them down.

On a laminated stock it's probably best to leave it alone anyway.