Refinishing BSA Martini Intl MkII stock....

[tac]

After a couple of days with the sanding blocks..............





Then a few coats of good ol'fashioned gunstock oil -



Nice, eh?

BTW, the table top you see in the first three images is one of twelve I'm refinishing...I'm half way through the 13th now............

They start off like this -



Then, after deal of work, they look like this.....



Very satisfying, even though nobody has yet noticed.....

tac

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[Medic!]

Looks nice.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Very nicely done...both the stock and table top...
Andy

 

[GOG]

My satellite internet is so slow that I didn't have gray hair when your pics started loading.

Very nice @tac.

 

[jmh119]

Good job Tac!
But i have a question... You are in the UK right? So this is for a non-functioning firearm?
James

 

[tac]

Good job Tac!
But i have a question... You are in the UK right? So this is for a non-functioning firearm?
James

Nooooooooooooooo. I have seventeen rifles and two handguns, all of them live and kicking, thanks. Why would anybody 'non-function-ate' a 22cal target rifle with a thousand dollar scope on it?


and with the Al Freeland sight set-up..

..and this @50m...five shots...


Got lots more - I'm betabed you haven't noticed!

tac

 

[tac]

A few folks here know that I totally refinished the stock of a 1963-built Anschutz Model 1409...THAT baby took a while 'cos it has a lot of sharp-edged curvations, holes and a spiffy shoulder-y do-dad thing.

Since you have shown interest, here is it is..........





It was also liberally covered with fine rust, but I got that off using a Birchwood-Casey lead-removing cloth or three.

tac

 

[Medic!]

I like a good challenge.

Here is one I just started to put the BLO to.
Along with some before shots.

 

[tac]

Poor, poor old gun.......

If it could speak it would say a BIG thankyou!

tac, senior anthropomorphiser-in-chief

 

[Medic!]

They only made about 7,600 model 65 Winchesters. Only about 18% of those were in 25-20.
Good thing we met. I'm afraid anybody else would have just ordered replacement wood for this old gal. What a shame that would have been.


Not done yet but this is about how she will look.

 

[tac]

Please, PLEASE don't put Tru-oil on it. A soft oiled sheen is all that's needed on an older gun, unless you can put a sympathetic coat of 1910-style varnish on it.

tac

 

[Medic!]

BLO [Boiled linseed oil] is the only thing I use for the final finish.
Some like other oils. But I know BLO best. So that's what I use.

 

[Medic!]

Now where is TAC's thread on rust removal?


[Before and after shots.]

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Angle grinder and with lots of pressure , will clean that rust up right quick....along with everything else....

I'm guessing that you have tried or will try bronze wool and oil ...?
Andy

 

[Medic!]

Works like magic.
No oil needed. Or use some if you like.

Just wash the pad in soapy water and let dry when done. Lasts for years.

Big 45 Frontier Metal Cleaner | Remove Rust from Gun Bluing and Clean Dirty Gun Bores Easy!

 

[tac]

This - it costs a penny, pre-1982, though -

tac

 

[Medic!]

Penny pincher.

 

[P7M13]

@tac and @Medic - beautiful !
Thanks for the primer on rust removal, I have some Posness-Warren equipment that needs a good effort at rust-removal, and I do not like using steel wool on any finished surfaces.
For rust staining, I have used "Barkeep's Friend", applied with cheesecloth -- no idea what it might do to blueing.

Fred Meyer has Copper Wool in their cleaning products aisle for ~$3 a pack. (At least they used to, last bought some c. 2012) I would use it to restore brass (when lightly applied) and chrome plated brass fixtures.
They also have true stainless steel wool.
When I go shopping for it, I bring a magnet, as both the copper wool and SS wool are non-magnetic. The SS Wool is great for scouring cast iron pans without soap - won't remove the seasoning but will definitely help remove crud you've burned onto the pan when it wasn't seasoned well enough. Lasts for years and doesn't rust up.

@Medic, do you thin your BLO at all? Do you apply it in thin coats by wiping on, or heavier coats (brush or rag) and wipe off after letting it set?

 

[tac]

OK, here's the skinny on cleaning up VERY MINOR rust - like the powdery rusty coating that often happens on a gun left to dry. This worked 100% on the old Anschutz I posted up the top of the page here that had been left untended in a gun-safe for over 25 years. It had a coating that looked like it had been sprayed with cocoa powder.

THIS will work just fine -

But so will this -



Here in yUK we get Kleeneeze products - their 'Miracle cloth' is twice the size of the B-C cloth and half the cost.

Try it VERY gingerly on a part that is not important - very gently using the tip of the finger to rotate a small piece of the cloth until the rust has gone and you are down to the blueing.

Then stop.

I used three of them on the Anschutz - YMMD.



tac

 

[Medic!]

@tac and @Medic - beautiful !
Thanks for the primer on rust removal, I have some Posness-Warren equipment that needs a good effort at rust-removal, and I do not like using steel wool on any finished surfaces.
For rust staining, I have used "Barkeep's Friend", applied with cheesecloth -- no idea what it might do to blueing.

Fred Meyer has Copper Wool in their cleaning products aisle for ~$3 a pack. (At least they used to, last bought some c. 2012) I would use it to restore brass (when lightly applied) and chrome plated brass fixtures.
They also have true stainless steel wool.
When I go shopping for it, I bring a magnet, as both the copper wool and SS wool are non-magnetic. The SS Wool is great for scouring cast iron pans without soap - won't remove the seasoning but will definitely help remove crud you've burned onto the pan when it wasn't seasoned well enough. Lasts for years and doesn't rust up.

@Medic, do you thin your BLO at all? Do you apply it in thin coats by wiping on, or heavier coats (brush or rag) and wipe off after letting it set?

Straight BLO.
Wipe on and let sit for 30 minutes to a couple hours. Then wipe off and let dry for a day or two.
Then repeat the process until you have the look you want.
[Usually 6-10 coats?]
Go to thick or fast and you just get a sticky mess. So just take your time.

As to rust? The Big 45 frontier metal cleaners work best for me.
They work fast. Since you don't need to be gentle. A barrel can be done in a couple of minutes. The whole lever action only took 30 minutes or so.

And that leaves me with more time to work on some really sickly Wood Stocks.