How Shiny is TOO shiny on a gunstock ?
- Thread starter JoeWayneRhea
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Well I believe you CAN get too shiny. This is how a Browning White Gold stock comes. I just had to have one 'pretty' deer rifle. It is a beautiful gun but it's too shiny. I can't take it to the deer camp. The fellers would laugh at me. %^/ I think you could easily measure the thickness of this finish with a tape measure or ruler if you chipped a piece off. If I live long enough I may turn it into an oil finish.
Joe I can't really tell from pics but your gun don't look TOO shiny. Just shiny.
Joe I can't really tell from pics but your gun don't look TOO shiny. Just shiny.
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I dunno bud. It's pretty, but it makes me think: "That's for guns that don't actually get shot."
I'd scratch that finish just with my beard.
I'd scratch that finish just with my beard.
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Thanks guys , ive seen guitars finished in truoil that have that mirror look and I put on enough coats to wet sand it up . It was a PAIN and absolutely no way do I wanna do it again ...But it was a hoot that it turned out
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I did that on my Crosman 160 restoration project. In my latest video you can really see the mirror shine on it. All oil finishes too...I just had too, honest...I couldn't help myself...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_iJd0VjkKk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_iJd0VjkKk
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if you used the stock as a mirror, you could shave your beard and not have to worry about scratching it!
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Impressive work for sure but I'm not a fan of shiny gunstocks. Growing up I spent many hours in duck and goose blinds and it seemed everybody's gun was covered in layers of clear gloss from the factory. That's a harsh environment and nicks and bumps show up well on glossy finishes plus I got tired of people babying their guns. I don't even know if matte finishes were an option back then. I bought myself a couple of ten gauges since I mostly goose hunt. A Remington SP-10 and an Ithaca Mag 10, both with matte finishes. I guess I'm a fan of the no-nonense, utilitarian look of matte finishes. I think the finish on my FX 400 is pretty much ideal.
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