Just a basic refinish.

[Loke0607]

So originally I was thinking of tearing apart and upgrading my .308 110E. I had planned on installing pillars, glass bedding, and everything else that I could possibly do. So I pulled it apart and figured I'd start on stripping and sanding down the stock first.

I was about half way done when my two boys "ages 7 & 8" came out to see what I was up to and wanted to help with sanding. Now this was my first hunting rifle I had been given as a kid, and in high school I had tried to refinish the stock because the original stain was horrible, but obviously I didn't know what I was doing at the time. I also had my Marlin model 60 .22, which was my very first rifle ever, and I figured it would keep the arguing down on who got to sand. Three days later they finished sanding and liked the job they had done, and that's when I finally sank in that instead of trying to build up my rifle for me, I would keep them as the were and pass them down to my boys when there older as they hand a hand in cleaning them up.

So now I'm going to start planning for building my next Savage the way I want and leave these the way they are.


Here are some before and after pics of the rifles they help finish.


110E .308







Marlin model 60

[DrThunder88]

Well done! That's a heck of a sheen you got on that Savage, and the darker color really seems to help accentuate the grain. The figure in the Marlin stock is similarly helped out by your (and your boys') work.

[TORCHRIDER]

Nicely Done! You should be proud of those boys. They will remember this for the rest of their lives. I can hear them telling their grand children about it. :-)

[Loke0607]

Thanks! It was great to see them taking an interest and sticking with it and I liked the way the rifles turned out.

[drybean]

Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Firefighter]

Nice work, love those older Savages when refinished, they had the best wood.

[foxx]

How cool is that?

What are the chances I could get my 16 year old daughter to help do some sanding of some of my old stocks?

[sixonetonoffun]

foxx if she is like my 15 yr olds it just depends on the day, moon phase and alignment of the stars! After all they truly are little women.

Loke0607 they look great!

[limige]

Very nice looking! What did you treat them with after sanding?

[Loke0607]

Thanks all!

I used some Red Oak stain I had laying around for some furniture projects, minwax I think. Then about 8 coats of Tru-Oil.

[limige]

Im going to have to buy some of that tru oil