Thirty some years ago, more or less, my wife blessed me with a CVA Mountain Rifle kit. I got my first muzzleloader deer with it.
When I put it together, I applied a very thick, dark, poly/stain finish. Primarily because I didn't like the very light stock wood and thought that the dark finish would be less noticeable in the woods.
Fast forward to now.
I'm in the process of changing the rifle from percussion to flint and have decided that the light stock would look just fine.
So I steel wooled some of the old finish off to see what I had.
Good Lord! I covered up a bunch of poor work with that thick finish! Now I'm stuck with not only stripping off the old finish, but also cleaning up my old goofs. It should be worth the effort in the end though.
Here's the first ML buck. 1993 Ohio deer season.
Don in Ohio
When I put it together, I applied a very thick, dark, poly/stain finish. Primarily because I didn't like the very light stock wood and thought that the dark finish would be less noticeable in the woods.
Fast forward to now.
I'm in the process of changing the rifle from percussion to flint and have decided that the light stock would look just fine.
So I steel wooled some of the old finish off to see what I had.
Good Lord! I covered up a bunch of poor work with that thick finish! Now I'm stuck with not only stripping off the old finish, but also cleaning up my old goofs. It should be worth the effort in the end though.
Here's the first ML buck. 1993 Ohio deer season.
Don in Ohio