Outstanding! ## I followed this to the tee, other than starting with a 90 year old J.Stephens Arms model 38B 410 shotgun. Looks to be English Walnut and has prime grain for the most part. I inherited the gun as well as the Tru Oil from my Dad who was a gun smith. The furniture had deep hand oil stains on it. Once I got the dead brown layer off. Some of that remains, which I love as it shows the may hours of use from a pre war era game getter. Who knows how many tables bore meat from this ol girl. When starting out the bolt would not even move and the barrel bore was in bad shape as Dad had not been able to touch his guns for many years due to health. Having ran across this video while looking for tips to restore the weapon I found this marvelous tutorial. Thank you Stephen it's a jewel now. God Bless You!
Hey Al, sorry to hear your of dad's health. I wish him well. Thank you and I'm glad it was helpful. Helps me sleep good at night knowing I may have helped someone.
Hello Sir. You have inspired a lot of people, afraid of trying, to have a go, with your easy to follow, step by step guide. I am going to glue and clamp multiple thin pieces together, for the laminated effect. I thankyou so much in your troubles making the video. Best wishes. You've inspired me to attempt something I thought way out of my depth, thankyou.
And here i was proud that I built a work bench....SIGH Excellent work Stephen, lots of time and effort to not only do the job but video capture, download, edit, upload and transcode it. Thank you for sharing, I mean that.
Very very nice!!! No wonder these one of a kind stocks cost so much. Very labor intensive, which is very satisfying I'm sure when you see the end results. Thanks for sharing, always enjoy your videos.
Hey that came out amazing I make knives an I use tru oil on my knife handles couse i love the way it looks an holds up You did a very good job on that stock.
This is for hanging on the wall or over the fireplace, only! Beautiful. Nice craftmanship. Post a side by side comparison of what you started with and what you ended up with. Fine workmanship.
Great work. I just finished a TX200 about a month and a half ago. Same technique as you. The only thing I did instead of using my fingers on the final coats I used a lint free scope cloth. Gave it a nice streak free high gloss finish. Of course after 12 or 11 coats. Pretty much a wall hanger now. I love true oil. It's just a lot of work. But that's most of the fun.👍✌🇺🇸
Yeah if you buy the stock finishing kit they supply a cloth thats very similar to a lens cloth. I also found that to be a better way than using a finger. I then used the included stock conditioner that is basically a very fine abrasive cream and took the shine off to give it a satin finish. really happy with the results and so much better than Danish oil imo.
vERY NICELY DONE AND ALL FROM A BLOCK OF WOOD. yOU SIR ARE A MAN OF MANY TALENTS. YOUR SLUGS ARE AWESOME AND SO ARE YOUR VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEOS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOUR DOING FOR THE AIR GUN COMMUNITY.
Impressive. Congratulations. I believe you have encouraged the others to craft their own stocks. Thumbs up and keeping fingers crossed to all followers.
I watched the first video i dont know about the tools i have some of it but i would have to really have a steady hands to get most of it done. Anyway that was really a great craftsman skill beautiful stock. Greetings from the Philippines.
I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us so we are able to experience this first hand our selves . Some people would rather sell this knowledge rather than expand the knowledge of others to make a better place for all .thank you . "Deeds not words"
About 50 years ago my mentor told me the truth about a stock makers art. Most sporting rifles/shotguns spend over 99% of their life hanging on a wall. The stock makers time, patience, and attention to detail will dictate which wall they hang on. The den over the fireplace, or the barn over the tool bench. Good job, your obvious attention to every detail makes this one a den hanger. Stock makers see more with their hands than they do with their eyes.
great work! I learned this very same method from a master gunsmith. The only difference in technique was I was taught to apply the Tru-Oil with two fingers and to work it in with the heel of the hand which results in a more even coat requiring less sanding to level. You work the Tru-Oil in with the heel of your hand and move to the next area as soon as you feel the "drag" of the finish as it begins to thicken.Again, very nice work!
Remington made some Marlin 336's with laminated stocks and a flat blued finish on the metal, but what really caught my eye was the fact there was no finish on the wood. I used boiled linseed oil on it - which takes much longer to dry between coats, but it turned out beautifully. Next time I might try Tru-Oil because it took about 60 days to get the finish I was after.
Man, you are the greatest! Of all the airgun videos, yours are the most informative for me. From Yong Heng, to this. Both how to make, and finish. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion for the sport, it has greatly encouraged me to plow ahead. I would like to share something that I have discovered, that makes airgunning more enjoyable for me and my friends. But I need some better equipment for making a video before I do. I can tell you what it is, but you really need to see and hear it for yourself to fully appreciate it. I have not seen anyone else do this. Thanks again my airgun friend, for sharing.
Hey, Richard. Glad to help. I would love to see what you are talking about. You've piqued my interest. Dont worry about video equipment if you have a halfway decent phone then just use that. Content is more important than anything else. Can't wait to see
Well, I’ll just tell you about it for now. I know you live in NY, and maybe you have to shoot at a “shooting range” because of close neighbors or whatever. So this may not be for you, I don’t know. Let me tell you how I discovered this, it’s really no big deal. I basically live in the woods, and have a small piece of land. My closest neighbors are at least 150 yards away, and I have a large dog. I don’t let my dog wander onto other peoples property, and he is very good about knowing how far, and where he can go. My neighbors have some small dogs, and one of them is just viscous. It would sneak down here and attack my dog while he was outside doing his business on his own property. My large dog is timid when it comes to other dogs and wouldn’t fight back at all, and would only try to get away. After my dog was left with a couple scars, I said no more. I didn’t want to hurt the other dog, so I started thinking what I could do to keep it away. I had bought a crosman break barrel rifle because I have long thought I would like to get into airguns. Been a powder burner all my life. Long story short, I wanted this dog to know that I could reach out and touch him, but more importantly I wanted it to think I was trying to. I started looking for something to shoot at that would make a loud noise. So I’m looking under my kitchen cabinet and found my dear departed mother’s old aluminum pressure cooker. I took it and set it up on the hill where the dog comes down, and turned it on it’s side so that I can shoot into the mouth of it and hit the bottom. That’s when I discovered that not only does it make a huge satisfying popping sound, (like a .45 cal slug hit it) but that the aluminum takes all the energy out of the pellet and there is no ricochet. This was great because every time the little piece of excrement would come charging down the hill to attack my dog, I would start shooting into that pressure cooker. It would then run back up to the top of the hill and just stand there and watch my dog Mikey do his business. I then started to really enjoy shooting, and went to Goodwill, and found more old aluminum pressure cookers of all different sizes. I sat them out at different distances and put paper targets over the mouth. So that now I can target shoot, and judge velocity and impact by that wonderful noise. From the sound of it my neighbors probably thought that I was shooting a powder burner with a sophisticated silencer, because that’s what it sounds like. I bought more rifles and discovered Hatsan. They make the most powerful break barrel in the world. The .30 cal Carnivore, mod 135. One day my neighbor ventured to the top of the hill to look and see what the noise was. It just so happened that I had several guns layed out and a shooting table set up on my front deck, complete with spotting scope on a tripod. LOL, I heard the reaction as she turned back to tell the others what she saw. And from that day to this I have never seen that dog again, or any of their other dogs. Which is only right since I don’t let my dog wander onto their property. I think they built a pen to keep their dogs safe. Good! I have discovered a wonderful new sport, and no animals were hurt. :) I am definately coming over to PCP though, largely because of your great videos. I can’t wait! Of course I can shoot at just paper targets when I don’t want to make noise or disturb anybody, but the sound you get from one of those pressure cookers at 50 plus yards is truly unbelievable. A .22 caliber pellet sounds like a .45 or .50 cal slug hit it, and you can gage which rifle is hitting the hardest and fastest etc. And you can walk up and see all your smashed flat pellets on the ground 3 inches in front of the pot, with many of them never even making out of the pot. Don’t ever try this with a steel pot, because that pellet will come back up range almost as fast as it went down range, and could take an eye out or worse. I would post a few pics here if I could. Maybe you think this is silly, making all that noise, but that is how I got into airguns. And I truly believe that if all I were shooting were paper targets, I would have grown bored with it by now because without that noise, you don’t realize the power of the gun.
Very good video. Lots of detail. I have refinished over a dozen stocks and this is the first time I watched a video on how to do it. I use rottenstone.
Such a awesome job so far. I enjoy your videos. I've made a few forgrips before, and have been looking into a slab of wallnut for a stock. This is for my 2240 and one of my rifles. I have a few designs in mind from different rifles/bullpups, especially the fx crowns. Im not one for filming much, so probably won't go through the process, but excited to get started. Cheers from Canada 🍺
did you ever think of designing a bullpup stock for the Nova Freedom? I think you'd sell a ton, even if your design was for a plastic stock (although wood would be much nicer, of course - )
What a masterful peice of work. I keep catching myself saying "all this for a Nova Freedom"? But hey when a person loves there rifle they love there rifle. 🍻🤝👍
Thank you! Yes it's a bit crazy to make three different types of stock for a $280 gun. I was not even sure if they would come out ok. I was surprised that it worked.
I found the best way to apply true oil is a sock to get a really thin layer that drys faster ,more thinner layer the better ,but that's just me . true oil is amazing good, love that stock .
I love your work, Your good at teaching us noobs to the air gun world. Thank You! Is the ATI NOVA Vista Liberty .22 (HP-P900 S) the gun to get for a first or second budget air rifle. I can not decide on what is the BEST budget gun to get. thank you ...
Thank you Shane. I believe making a stock for a firearm is bit more involved. Airgun only need a single track inlet while firearms need a passage for the magazine and a channel for the bolt handle as well as precise screw place. I have seen many views where people make a rough inlet and then glass bed the action to the stock.
To get a super high gloss finish rub the stock with Turtle Wax scratch and swirl remover. It is available at most big box stores and auto parts stores. An old fashon way of doing it is to rub the stock down with a water wet rag with Rottenstone. Use oil on the rag if you want a classy satin finish.
Great Job ! Your work clothes are outstanding quality like your work. There is almost nothing that is as cool and rewarding then working with beautiful wood and seeing the results. I used to restore old cars but they have become so expensive that I now restore old guns..You are Italian , they are know for their ultimate desire for quality work and you are going the extra step that shows the commitment to sheer perfection. It is a shame that the younger generation seems to hate real craftsmanship and "old world skills". I just hope some will realize that there is much more in life beside a cell phone and video games.
The skill in this is actually knowing when to stop. Perfect finish will only last until the next time you use the gun... As it will be subject to normal ware and tear every time you handle the gun...
Did you apply one coat of TruOil and then performed the wet sand? Or did you do multiple coats of the TruOil then wet sanded. I know when you applied the first coat if TruOil then you said you’d do 3 or 4 more coats. Just wasn’t sure if you did those coats before wet sanding.
I'm going to finish my enfield stock so it's a military stock. I'll be going for the satin not so shiny look so maybe after a couple diluted coats maybe just one coat of full strength tru oil?
Nice job. I will refinish my 1938 Mossberg 44 stock and re-blue the barrel. Thank you.
Outstanding! ## I followed this to the tee, other than starting with a 90 year old J.Stephens Arms model 38B 410 shotgun. Looks to be English Walnut and has prime grain for the most part. I inherited the gun as well as the Tru Oil from my Dad who was a gun smith. The furniture had deep hand oil stains on it. Once I got the dead brown layer off. Some of that remains, which I love as it shows the may hours of use from a pre war era game getter. Who knows how many tables bore meat from this ol girl. When starting out the bolt would not even move and the barrel bore was in bad shape as Dad had not been able to touch his guns for many years due to health. Having ran across this video while looking for tips to restore the weapon I found this marvelous tutorial. Thank you Stephen it's a jewel now. God Bless You!
Hey Al, sorry to hear your of dad's health. I wish him well. Thank you and I'm glad it was helpful. Helps me sleep good at night knowing I may have helped someone.
Hello Sir. You have inspired a lot of people, afraid of trying, to have a go, with your easy to follow, step by step guide. I am going to glue and clamp multiple thin pieces together, for the laminated effect. I thankyou so much in your troubles making the video. Best wishes. You've inspired me to attempt something I thought way out of my depth, thankyou.
Thank you! You will do great for sure.
Gorgeous stock. Well worth the effort to make a nicely functional gun fit to your own personal preferences when it comes to handling.
raising the grain and sanding is called "whiskering" old school
And here i was proud that I built a work bench....SIGH
Excellent work Stephen, lots of time and effort to not only
do the job but video capture, download, edit, upload and transcode it.
Thank you for sharing, I mean that.
Thanks again for watching and the feed back!
Great video, excellent demonstration and information. The best I've seen on the subject. Thank you.
Thank you!
Good job. I love Tru-Oil.. For field gun stocks I also have used Spar Varnish, adds a layer of protection against branches scratching etc..
Thanks for taking the time to do your videos great looking stock
The most informative and easy to understand video I have ever watched; I am going to finish and exhibition grade black walnut stock
Very very nice!!! No wonder these one of a kind stocks cost so much. Very labor intensive, which is very satisfying I'm sure when you see the end results. Thanks for sharing, always enjoy your videos.
Thank you!
You have inspired me, and I have set about my own carving. Love it.
Excellent instruction. Just what I needed. Thankyou. Liked and subbed.
Whiskering the stock really gets it smooth nice job
Beautiful! Very inspiring.Thank you!
This is awesome. Perfect vid for those wanting to attempt this.
Hey that came out amazing
I make knives an I use tru oil on my knife handles couse i love the way it looks an holds up
You did a very good job on that stock.
Nice work. Thanx for an excellent tutorial without a bunch of jabber jawing. Much appreciated. I will use this on my next guitar build👍
This is for hanging on the wall or over the fireplace, only! Beautiful. Nice craftmanship. Post a side by side comparison of what you started with and what you ended up with. Fine workmanship.
@snoopy dubnation wont melt just more delicate than a satin finish
Detailed video, tutorial n fun to watch👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 BRAVO
Tru oil is miraculous. Did my stock and forend it's a completely different looking gun. It's a wonderful product.
Really enjoyed your video .thank you
Thanks great video for tru oil finishing
that was an incredible amount of labor...but looks like it was well worth it...amazing looking finish.
Good Job! That is realy awesome. Thanks for this Video. Best regards from Germany
Great work man. Love the time and effort you have put in making an basic air rifle into an awesome air rifle. You are awesome!
What a Truly Great job you've done, It looks Great .
That gun stock is now to nice to use. Should be on display!
Great work. I just finished a TX200 about a month and a half ago. Same technique as you. The only thing I did instead of using my fingers on the final coats I used a lint free scope cloth. Gave it a nice streak free high gloss finish. Of course after 12 or 11 coats. Pretty much a wall hanger now. I love true oil. It's just a lot of work. But that's most of the fun.👍✌🇺🇸
Yeah if you buy the stock finishing kit they supply a cloth thats very similar to a lens cloth. I also found that to be a better way than using a finger. I then used the included stock conditioner that is basically a very fine abrasive cream and took the shine off to give it a satin finish. really happy with the results and so much better than Danish oil imo.
dead Nice. A lot of work.. But worth it.👍🇺🇸✌
vERY NICELY DONE AND ALL FROM A BLOCK OF WOOD. yOU SIR ARE A MAN OF MANY TALENTS. YOUR SLUGS ARE AWESOME AND SO ARE YOUR VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEOS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOUR DOING FOR THE AIR GUN COMMUNITY.
Thank you!
Wow that’s one sweet stock now. Great build amazing workmanship.👍👍🍻 mike here...
Just passing through the comment section. Hey mike 👍😁🍺🍺🇨🇦
Wow, that's impressive work.
Great video 👍
Turned out beautifully
Impressive. Congratulations. I believe you have encouraged the others to craft their own stocks. Thumbs up and keeping fingers crossed to all followers.
I watched the first video i dont know about the tools i have some of it but i would have to really have a steady hands to get most of it done.
Anyway that was really a great craftsman skill beautiful stock.
Greetings from the Philippines.
Great job on the stock
A very perfect Surface treatmen.learn a lot.thank you sir
I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us so we are able to experience this first hand our selves . Some people would rather sell this knowledge rather than expand the knowledge of others to make a better place for all .thank you . "Deeds not words"
About 50 years ago my mentor told me the truth about a stock makers art. Most sporting rifles/shotguns spend over 99% of their life hanging on a wall. The stock makers time, patience, and attention to detail will dictate which wall they hang on. The den over the fireplace, or the barn over the tool bench.
Good job, your obvious attention to every detail makes this one a den hanger. Stock makers see more with their hands than they do with their eyes.
Watched part 1 yesterday and now this episode. Who needs Netflix???
Hey Erik, I feel the same way. I watch more you tube airgun videos then anything else. Thank you!
@@AirVelocitySport thanks for posting!
THANK YOU SIR REALLY ENJOYED YOUR STEP BY STEP PRESENTATION
You are an amazing wood worker!
Thank you!
You did a perfect job and I did learnt a lot from you, thanks
Knowledge of materials and patience make the job done perfectly. Thank you for the video and waiting for another ones! Greetings from Russia!
Thank you for this video. I am going to use this for my Guitar Build.
Good job! Looks great!
Thank you!
Good video. I learned some things.
great work! I learned this very same method from a master gunsmith. The only difference in technique was I was taught to apply the Tru-Oil with two fingers and to work it in with the heel of the hand which results in a more even coat requiring less sanding to level. You work the Tru-Oil in with the heel of your hand and move to the next area as soon as you feel the "drag" of the finish as it begins to thicken.Again, very nice work!
Thanks for that information. I will try that next time
Remington made some Marlin 336's with laminated stocks and a flat blued finish on the metal, but what really caught my eye was the fact there was no finish on the wood. I used boiled linseed oil on it - which takes much longer to dry between coats, but it turned out beautifully. Next time I might try Tru-Oil because it took about 60 days to get the finish I was after.
I believe Tru oil is made of linseed oil as well, but not in a pure form. Some thinners & varnishes are mixed with to dry faster.
Very tedious work....but the outcome is beautiful and well worth it!!!!!
Man, you are the greatest! Of all the airgun videos, yours are the most informative for me. From Yong Heng, to this. Both how to make, and finish. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion for the sport, it has greatly encouraged me to plow ahead. I would like to share something that I have discovered, that makes airgunning more enjoyable for me and my friends. But I need some better equipment for making a video before I do. I can tell you what it is, but you really need to see and hear it for yourself to fully appreciate it. I have not seen anyone else do this. Thanks again my airgun friend, for sharing.
Hey, Richard. Glad to help. I would love to see what you are talking about. You've piqued my interest. Dont worry about video equipment if you have a halfway decent phone then just use that. Content is more important than anything else. Can't wait to see
Well, I’ll just tell you about it for now. I know you live in NY, and maybe you have to shoot at a “shooting range” because of close neighbors or whatever. So this may not be for you, I don’t know. Let me tell you how I discovered this, it’s really no big deal.
I basically live in the woods, and have a small piece of land. My closest neighbors are at least 150 yards away, and I have a large dog. I don’t let my dog wander onto other peoples property, and he is very good about knowing how far, and where he can go. My neighbors have some small dogs, and one of them is just viscous. It would sneak down here and attack my dog while he was outside doing his business on his own property. My large dog is timid when it comes to other dogs and wouldn’t fight back at all, and would only try to get away. After my dog was left with a couple scars, I said no more. I didn’t want to hurt the other dog, so I started thinking what I could do to keep it away. I had bought a crosman break barrel rifle because I have long thought I would like to get into airguns. Been a powder burner all my life. Long story short, I wanted this dog to know that I could reach out and touch him, but more importantly I wanted it to think I was trying to.
I started looking for something to shoot at that would make a loud noise. So I’m looking under my kitchen cabinet and found my dear departed mother’s old aluminum pressure cooker. I took it and set it up on the hill where the dog comes down, and turned it on it’s side so that I can shoot into the mouth of it and hit the bottom. That’s when I discovered that not only does it make a huge satisfying popping sound, (like a .45 cal slug hit it) but that the aluminum takes all the energy out of the pellet and there is no ricochet. This was great because every time the little piece of excrement would come charging down the hill to attack my dog, I would start shooting into that pressure cooker. It would then run back up to the top of the hill and just stand there and watch my dog Mikey do his business.
I then started to really enjoy shooting, and went to Goodwill, and found more old aluminum pressure cookers of all different sizes. I sat them out at different distances and put paper targets over the mouth. So that now I can target shoot, and judge velocity and impact by that wonderful noise. From the sound of it my neighbors probably thought that I was shooting a powder burner with a sophisticated silencer, because that’s what it sounds like.
I bought more rifles and discovered Hatsan. They make the most powerful break barrel in the world. The .30 cal Carnivore, mod 135. One day my neighbor ventured to the top of the hill to look and see what the noise was. It just so happened that I had several guns layed out and a shooting table set up on my front deck, complete with spotting scope on a tripod. LOL, I heard the reaction as she turned back to tell the others what she saw. And from that day to this I have never seen that dog again, or any of their other dogs. Which is only right since I don’t let my dog wander onto their property.
I think they built a pen to keep their dogs safe. Good! I have discovered a wonderful new sport, and no animals were hurt. :)
I am definately coming over to PCP though, largely because of your great videos. I can’t wait! Of course I can shoot at just paper targets when I don’t want to make noise or disturb anybody, but the sound you get from one of those pressure cookers at 50 plus yards is truly unbelievable. A .22 caliber pellet sounds like a .45 or .50 cal slug hit it, and you can gage which rifle is hitting the hardest and fastest etc. And you can walk up and see all your smashed flat pellets on the ground 3 inches in front of the pot, with many of them never even making out of the pot.
Don’t ever try this with a steel pot, because that pellet will come back up range almost as fast as it went down range, and could take an eye out or worse. I would post a few pics here if I could. Maybe you think this is silly, making all that noise, but that is how I got into airguns. And I truly believe that if all I were shooting were paper targets, I would have grown bored with it by now because without that noise, you don’t realize the power of the gun.
Great work. Salut from France
Merci
Beautiful !!
GREAT VIDEO
Good job and Thank for the video 😎
Nice , you just gave me an idea .
Absolute Super job done
Nice very very nice!
the rifle stock looks very good. great job done.
Very good video. Lots of detail. I have refinished over a dozen stocks and this is the first time I watched a video on how to do it. I use rottenstone.
Hola sos un maestro haciendo . Eso saludos soy de argentina .jujuy
Such a awesome job so far. I enjoy your videos.
I've made a few forgrips before, and have been looking into a slab of wallnut for a stock. This is for my 2240 and one of my rifles.
I have a few designs in mind from different rifles/bullpups, especially the fx crowns. Im not one for filming much, so probably won't go through the process, but excited to get started.
Cheers from Canada 🍺
Thank you! Good luck I'd love to see some photos when you are done.
@@AirVelocitySport I will definitely put a video up when its finished.
did you ever think of designing a bullpup stock for the Nova Freedom? I think you'd sell a ton, even if your design was for a plastic stock (although wood would be much nicer, of course - )
Very Nice! I think this is your best video yet. I seen this right after I made my own stock too. haha. Wouldve came in handy before I started.
Thank you! Timing is everything in life. Sorry I was not quick enough.
all good man...Haha.
From a personal experience, I believe if you sanded it wet with 500 grits and true oil , you would get glossier shine .Good job
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You: as you can see, as I heat it up, the grain is lifting up.
Me: No sir, we can't see that but we take your word for it though.
Amen lol I thought it was just me
looks beautiful
Great Job 👍👍👍👍👍
What a masterful peice of work. I keep catching myself saying "all this for a Nova Freedom"? But hey when a person loves there rifle they love there rifle. 🍻🤝👍
Thank you! Yes it's a bit crazy to make three different types of stock for a $280 gun. I was not even sure if they would come out ok. I was surprised that it worked.
Well done👏💪👍
You've created an absolutely beautiful stock.
Man,that is a great job,
Thank you!
I found the best way to apply true oil is a sock to get a really thin layer that drys faster ,more thinner layer the better ,but that's just me . true oil is amazing good, love that stock .
Thank you very much for doing this video. I will try to make one stock myself, for an airsoft rifle :)
Love it great job lots 9f good hints
NICE NICE NICE LOVE IT.
I watched the entire videos, just becouse it's fascinating.
Buddy, love your interest, in air rifles and the care you take with your work ,okay..😎
Thank you!
you have done a beautiful great job
excellent video
I love your work, Your good at teaching us noobs to the air gun world. Thank You! Is the ATI NOVA Vista Liberty .22 (HP-P900 S) the gun to get for a first or second budget air rifle. I can not decide on what is the BEST budget gun to get. thank you ...
Good job, Sir
Good video, and true oil is a great product if used sparingly.
I need to send you my H&R M1 Garand stock set. That looks AWESOME!
Thank you Shane. I believe making a stock for a firearm is bit more involved. Airgun only need a single track inlet while firearms need a passage for the magazine and a channel for the bolt handle as well as precise screw place. I have seen many views where people make a rough inlet and then glass bed the action to the stock.
@@AirVelocitySport I have seen that too. I wouldn't really have a need to "accurize" anything with fiberglass bedding, etc. It's just a collectable.
your gun stock i consider it 's a pice of Art my friend. congrat for your work .
To get a super high gloss finish rub the stock with Turtle Wax scratch and swirl remover.
It is available at most big box stores and auto parts stores. An old fashon way of doing
it is to rub the stock down with a water wet rag with Rottenstone. Use oil on the rag if you want a classy satin finish.
you can also use steel wool to make the wood smooth It works wonders
nice job
What do you do for the interior area that isn’t exposed? Is it the same process just less attention to detail since you don’t see it?
Great Job ! Your work clothes are outstanding quality like your work. There is almost nothing that is as cool and rewarding then working with beautiful wood and seeing the results. I used to restore old cars but they have become so expensive that I now restore old guns..You are Italian , they are know for their ultimate desire for quality work and you are going the extra step that shows the commitment to sheer perfection. It is a shame that the younger generation seems to hate real craftsmanship and "old world skills". I just hope some will realize that there is much more in life beside a cell phone and video games.
The skill in this is actually knowing when to stop.
Perfect finish will only last until the next time you use the gun... As it will be subject to normal ware and tear every time you handle the gun...
Why the mix of oil and mineral spirit ls, is it to tin oit enough to soak deep in wood?
Did you apply one coat of TruOil and then performed the wet sand? Or did you do multiple coats of the TruOil then wet sanded. I know when you applied the first coat if TruOil then you said you’d do 3 or 4 more coats. Just wasn’t sure if you did those coats before wet sanding.
I'm going to finish my enfield stock so it's a military stock. I'll be going for the satin not so shiny look so maybe after a couple diluted coats maybe just one coat of full strength tru oil?
Glass finish is good. It really looks like a nice rifle. Show us how it shoots now.Premo job.
Check my videos I made about 6 months ago. Lights out at 100 yards.
Nice 👍🏻
Fantástico!!!
You really are a perfectionist indeed, beautiful! I loved it but maybe too old for this :)
Thank you! Your never too old for anything. Your mind determined how old you are.
at the final stage, would the hair dryer or fan help?
Awesome
cool shit mate ;)
After applying the diluted Tru-Oil, what grade of sandpaper did you use to rub it down?
Thanks
What did you wet the stock with to raise the grain? Water? Tru Oil? Mineral Spirits? Thanks!