Minus the sling. I really enjoyed this project overall and think I learned some things that will stick with me when I go to re-finish the next stock or finish a raw wood stock on a build.
I took Scotty's advice and used steel wool to knock down the high gloss, except instead of using 000, I first sanded it with 600 grit sandpaper, and then used super fine 0000 steel wool with wax as a final finish and then rubbed it out with single nap cotton flannel.
Then end result is a warm glow type satin finish that when you run your hand along it feels as smooth as butter. Probably if I'd of had the 000 Scotty suggested I would've used that first for smoothing and knocking the finish down, then used the super fine 0000 and cotton flannel after that.
Hard to believe some of the neat grain that was underneath that factory Winchester red stain. I don't know what the proper terms are, but there's some darker streaks and flecking in amongst the predominant grain color on both sides of the butt stock. The whole procedure of what you might end up with kinda fascinates me.
I took Scotty's advice and used steel wool to knock down the high gloss, except instead of using 000, I first sanded it with 600 grit sandpaper, and then used super fine 0000 steel wool with wax as a final finish and then rubbed it out with single nap cotton flannel.
Then end result is a warm glow type satin finish that when you run your hand along it feels as smooth as butter. Probably if I'd of had the 000 Scotty suggested I would've used that first for smoothing and knocking the finish down, then used the super fine 0000 and cotton flannel after that.
Hard to believe some of the neat grain that was underneath that factory Winchester red stain. I don't know what the proper terms are, but there's some darker streaks and flecking in amongst the predominant grain color on both sides of the butt stock. The whole procedure of what you might end up with kinda fascinates me.