just finished my GPR!

[BadHorse]

well its finished! what a good time that was. i really want to hear what you folks think about the finished product.

karwelis

 

[Kentuckywindage]

looks great! I love the stain with the natural finish.

Makes me wish i would have kept mine :redface:

 

[qtrhrs7]

A very good job!! Be proud of it!!

 

[F.G. Ford]

Nice Job!
How did you get the grey finish on the barrel and furniture?
Old Ford

 

[BadHorse]

wraped the parts in viniger soaked wrags and left in the sun. every couple of hours i would turn them over and make sure they were still damp. i left mine out for 2 days. then i used wd-40 and 0000 steel wool to buff out the parts.

 

[Goldhunter]

Very nice job! Is there any pattern on the metal from the vinegar? Or just a solid grey?

 

[Mountainman56]

:thumbsup: Nice. Gives me ideas if I ever get around to giving mine the facelift I promised her last year.

 

[ravenousfishing]

The contrast is awesome. What stain did you use? Did you remove the blueing first or just wrap all of the metal with the vinegar rags as it came?

 

[BadHorse]

yes there is a pattern, but its very subtle heres a pic of the barrel before the oil buffing

 

[BadHorse]

there was no bluing on the parts when you get these from lyman the parts are in the white.

karwelis

 

[doulos]

I love that stain ,what is it?

 

[BadHorse]

the stain i used is LMF maple

 

[renovato]

That came out great! The wood stain really works nice against the grey metal. Good job! :thumbsup:

 

[Kentuckywindage]

i am going to try that stain. I just bought a cva mountain rifle with curley maple stock. should bring out the curl very nicely.

 

[BadHorse]

i am going to try that stain. I just bought a cva mountain rifle with curley maple stock. should bring out the curl very nicely.

ok kentucky
before you go staining anything read this posting http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/222530/all/1/ zonie lays it out how to gret a great finish. oh yeah THANX ZONIE!

 

[NORD]

Very nice! I like the contrast between the metal and the wood finish...

Happy shooting!

 

[Trench]

Ditto. I'm loving that stock finish! The steel looks great too.