Ugly Stained Stock

[SPQR70AD]

I am neutral on patina preservation on contemporary guns. Personally, I like the look of the appearance of some well earned wear and tear on a gun, but nothing wrong with bright and shiny on a new gun.

From the ‘financial’ or ‘investment’ point of view, it seems patina or whatever one wants to call it attracts more than it’s share of buyers and might be the smart move. And especially with an original piece, collectors, the smart money appears to be with the leave it alone crowd.

Ultimately it is easier to clean up a gun, new or old, than return it to how it looked with whatever earned wear and tear it may have had before a clean up.

All comes down to what the current owner of the gun prefers.

I do the same with my toilet bowl. never clean it gives it character and shows good honest use

 

[Harry Marinakis]

never heard of using peroxide

I discovered this by accident when I spilled peroxide on my stock. It left bleached streaks across my stock. So I just washed the entire stock with H2O2 and then re-finished the stock.

 

[2 shots]

i say if you want new and shinny , then buy new and shinny. why destroy and devalue history? theres enough of the going on in this country today.