After a few weeks of anxious waiting I got my replacement stock and iron from RiechTrade on Friday.
The stock and hardware was exactly as ordered, a small repaired chip and a second reinforcing bolt. My plan was to restore my bubba-ed Mauser to a wartime look.
In that I could have bid on a really nice stock with matching numbers... but since my BRNO 98 has the crest ground off... I wasn't terribly keen on shelling out a hundred or more for a stock on E-bay. I may eventually buy a stock from Boyd's, but for now this will do.
Today's work included a thorough soak of the hardware in a bucket of Ed's Red, and a good scrub down of the wood with Ed's to remove all cosmoline and grime from storage. Afterwards a complete wipe down with mineral spirits followed.
Tomorrow after it's all dried I'll put a fresh mix of boiled linseed oil and turpentine together over to put a little moisture back into the wood.
I'm going to paint the inside of the cupped butt-plate with rustoleum before reassembly.
The story of the rifle:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=204532
The stock and hardware was exactly as ordered, a small repaired chip and a second reinforcing bolt. My plan was to restore my bubba-ed Mauser to a wartime look.
In that I could have bid on a really nice stock with matching numbers... but since my BRNO 98 has the crest ground off... I wasn't terribly keen on shelling out a hundred or more for a stock on E-bay. I may eventually buy a stock from Boyd's, but for now this will do.
Today's work included a thorough soak of the hardware in a bucket of Ed's Red, and a good scrub down of the wood with Ed's to remove all cosmoline and grime from storage. Afterwards a complete wipe down with mineral spirits followed.
Tomorrow after it's all dried I'll put a fresh mix of boiled linseed oil and turpentine together over to put a little moisture back into the wood.
I'm going to paint the inside of the cupped butt-plate with rustoleum before reassembly.
The story of the rifle:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=204532
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