mgregg85
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My repairs so far... https://m.imgur.com/gallery/Wy6s8uC
Backstory here, I got this rifle in a trade with a friend who had inherited it in this condition. Someone had sawed off a chunk of the stock, crammed a wedge of wood into the split portion, filled the split with wood putty, painted it brown and attached a 1903a3 buttplate with drywall screws.
I went into this trade thinking the stock would be a total loss but it’s in good shape with nice cartouches, all except for that last 8 inches of butt stock. So I sanded, pinned and glued the stock back together. My goal is to repair this stock as best I can in and have it at least outwardly look period correct. I want to do no damage to the rest of the stock that is in good condition.
Now I’m waiting on the block of walnut I ordered to glue/pin to the stock to bring it back to it’s original length. And for Numrich to open back up and mail me the repro buttplate screws and sling screws.
If anyone has a source for the log wood stain they used on these rifle stocks I’d really love to hear about it. From what I’ve read I believe the stocks were stained with logwood stain and then dipped in raw linseed oil and left to dry. My current plan once I get the walnut block attached is to shape it to fit the correct 1898 rifle buttplate and then use raw linseed oil on the new wood and the old wood where I was forced to sand it. I’m hoping that my hot garage will help dry the raw linseed oil faster.
Backstory here, I got this rifle in a trade with a friend who had inherited it in this condition. Someone had sawed off a chunk of the stock, crammed a wedge of wood into the split portion, filled the split with wood putty, painted it brown and attached a 1903a3 buttplate with drywall screws.
I went into this trade thinking the stock would be a total loss but it’s in good shape with nice cartouches, all except for that last 8 inches of butt stock. So I sanded, pinned and glued the stock back together. My goal is to repair this stock as best I can in and have it at least outwardly look period correct. I want to do no damage to the rest of the stock that is in good condition.
Now I’m waiting on the block of walnut I ordered to glue/pin to the stock to bring it back to it’s original length. And for Numrich to open back up and mail me the repro buttplate screws and sling screws.
If anyone has a source for the log wood stain they used on these rifle stocks I’d really love to hear about it. From what I’ve read I believe the stocks were stained with logwood stain and then dipped in raw linseed oil and left to dry. My current plan once I get the walnut block attached is to shape it to fit the correct 1898 rifle buttplate and then use raw linseed oil on the new wood and the old wood where I was forced to sand it. I’m hoping that my hot garage will help dry the raw linseed oil faster.