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    Help choose color


    So on my 7.62x39 build I am stumped on a color. I think a darker color isnthe way to go since the gun is stainless. Regarded the color it will have a glossy lacquer finish.

    First pic is just dry and second is just lightly wetting the stock.

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    I would vote for the dark. By the way nice looking rifle!

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    Lots of coats of Tru Oil and call it good.
    A good wife and a steady job has ruined many a great hunter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by big honkin jeep View Post
    Lots of coats of Tru Oil and call it good.
    The oil finiahbjust doeant protect the wood from impact as good as lacquer and it doeant shine as good either which makes it pop

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    Quote Originally Posted by bc160 View Post
    I would vote for the dark. By the way nice looking rifle!
    Thank you

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    Personal preference. I like both the hand rubbed and the satin finish, but sometimes the lacquer is needed when afeild.
    The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.

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    Your rifle your choice and it takes a lot more work, but a hand rubbed tru oil finish can bling and protect with the best of em. Also really easy to go over the existing finish and re touch with additional coats in a few years or even in a few decades if necessary.

    Check these out
    https://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=136366
    https://www.thegearpage.net/board/in...finish.711780/
    https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forum...=386571&page=3
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    Quote Originally Posted by big honkin jeep View Post
    Your rifle your choice and it takes a lot more work, but a hand rubbed tru oil finish can bling and protect with the best of em.

    https://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=136366
    https://www.thegearpage.net/board/in...finish.711780/
    https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forum...=386571&page=3
    Don't get me wrong oil finishes can be nice they just don't have that additional hard layer that protects the stock from Impact

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    Here are a couple of my oil finishes the bottom being a Glenfield is much shinier than the top JC Higgins however you can see the damage from a very minor incident where the gun tipped over a lacquer would have done much better

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    I'm not sure a Cast Iron and Kevlar finish would have helped that very much.
    A good wife and a steady job has ruined many a great hunter.

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    Lol that actually fell about a foot but it slid from a table to a chair if I can remember correctly. It's my sons .22 though so some "usage" is bound to happen.

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    I generally prefer darker on gun wood, but I've seen some nice lighter walnut with really dark mineral streaking that looked fantastic with a light finish due to the contrast.
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    Is that a Richard's Microfit stock and what grade?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jims View Post
    Is that a Richard's Microfit stock and what grade?
    It is and AAA

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    My vote would be the darker finish. Really makes the stainless pop

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    The darker color looks good to me. Nice job.

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    Put the same stock on a 1903 Springfield. Lots of tru.oil then several coats of woodworkers was. I like the dark!

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    Put a wet rag on the ding and apply a steam iron You would be surprised how it will raise the grain to allow a fix..

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    I like the darker look.


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    I vote darker finish.

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    Darker Finish and steel wool for matte gloss !

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    Gonna go against the grain here ( pun intended). My vote for lighter finish.

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    Dark looks good

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