Traditions Trapper First Shots

[dkasprzak]

What stain did you use to get the darker red color in the stock?
I have a kit that is still unstarted and in the box along with a bunch of others.
Trying to figure out which project is next.
Looks great.
Nice job.

I used Fiebings Dark Brown leather dye followed with three coats of Birchwood Casey Tru-oil. I used the same dye on the stock and the holster. After completing this build I have wondered if I would have gotten more even coloring by putting one coat of Tru-oil and then the leather dye, followed by two or three more coats of Tru-oil. I believe I read on this forum someone had stained a stock using that procedure with good results. You could always try it in the barrel channel and lock inlet area to see how you like the result.

 

[dkasprzak]

Gosh, thirty years ago it was so nice to be able to ride our bicycles to Carter's.

The last thirty-five years or so I’ve been shooting at the range near Cy-Fair, it was closed this year following a shooting accident at the facility. The first time I drove to Carter’s back in February I was astonished at all the ”changes” in that area. Once you get to Carter’s and walking in… nothing has changed in all those years. It’s still a great place to shoot…