Sparky
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Help me out here!!
I'm in the midst of a stock refinish project. The rifle is an Ithaca (Sako) LS 55. I've gotten the old,butt-ugly epoxy finish off.(Brownell's Certi-strip is great stuff). The hold -up on completing the job is the checkering.
It's in pretty bad shape & I am certainly too big a klutz to re-cut it. Sooo...
I want to try stippling the grip & fore-end. I think it would be a very functional alternative. The question is how to do it! Bought a set of "stippling" punches from Brownell's & they don't give the result I'm looking for. They give the effect of a pressed checkering machine gone awry.
Suggestions???
BTW-- What I'd like is the look/feel of an the stippling on an Anschutz target stock...kind of nubby/tacky feel. Maybe I oughts cut skate board tape & stick it on (just kidding)
I'm in the midst of a stock refinish project. The rifle is an Ithaca (Sako) LS 55. I've gotten the old,butt-ugly epoxy finish off.(Brownell's Certi-strip is great stuff). The hold -up on completing the job is the checkering.
It's in pretty bad shape & I am certainly too big a klutz to re-cut it. Sooo...
I want to try stippling the grip & fore-end. I think it would be a very functional alternative. The question is how to do it! Bought a set of "stippling" punches from Brownell's & they don't give the result I'm looking for. They give the effect of a pressed checkering machine gone awry.
Suggestions???
BTW-- What I'd like is the look/feel of an the stippling on an Anschutz target stock...kind of nubby/tacky feel. Maybe I oughts cut skate board tape & stick it on (just kidding)