This has to be the most boring stock ever. I checked into hydro but that costs more that the gun is worth. Sand it down and stain it, still boring with the arrow straight grain, paint, bed liner? what do you guys think.
Mike
Mike
Plain Jane stock
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Stain and seal?
No matter how a wood looks; it ALWAYS feels better to the toouch than anything else(for me)
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I usually like an oil finish best. The grain on this thing is boring. Forgot to put the pic in there....oopss 
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That looks like a plain canvas and ready for
Fake tiger stripe wood grain?
I would practice on a piece of scrap before attempting
or this?
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Aw! Wow that is very "clean" looking the way it is now
You could do a wood burn design of something.
Maybe stipple the grip areas.
Got a fave genre or character?...
You could do a wood burn design of something.
Maybe stipple the grip areas.
Got a fave genre or character?...
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I think the blond and black looks fine..
Fancy dont make it or you shoot better.
Like we use to day in hot rods a car thats all show and no go...lol
Fancy dont make it or you shoot better.
Like we use to day in hot rods a car thats all show and no go...lol
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Without seeing it, hard to even say if the mystery gun is even worth considering any upgrade; much less all this worrying. However, assuming it's a white-wood stock, sometimes there is some level of grain personality hiding beneath walnut-'stain' PAINT. I've often stripped such stocks and elected to forego attempting to re-stain them before applying a SUPERIOR clear finish.
One way to dress up a plain stock is to add a grip cap, and/or rubber butt-pad, walnut or snake-skin adornments, and or reshape the stock to a more aesthetic shape. Some of my efforts to improve the aesthetics of walnut-'stain' PAINTED white-wood stocks-
One way to dress up a plain stock is to add a grip cap, and/or rubber butt-pad, walnut or snake-skin adornments, and or reshape the stock to a more aesthetic shape. Some of my efforts to improve the aesthetics of walnut-'stain' PAINTED white-wood stocks-
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wet the stock with a very damp rag to bring out the grain a bit , then decide what you want to do . you might be surprised .
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I used some Varathane stain recently on the frame of a table made of softwood and it worked noticably better than Minwax stain. If you decide to stain and finish it, I recomend Varathane stain. You should be able to get it at a home center if you are in the U. S.. That will make it brown but will not give it any interesting grain.
My P35s came with plastic stocks (talk about boring) and I recently completed the third wood replacement. I made the first of softwood scraps and ended up painting it black. I made stocks largely to get them to fit my long arms and big hands better. I needed about 1.25 more length of pull and the grip pushed back 3/8ths of an inch or so. But wood is also nicer and lighter in this case. I'll add the mahogany and cherry ones picture. The mahogany is plain grain but nicely dark. The cherry will get darker with age and has a bit more character. But the wood is not figured like you sometimes see in maple, cherry, and walnut (really it happens in all types of wood but is more common in some). The cherry will probably get darker than the mahogany but it takes at least months for that to happen. The top of the table the cherry stocked gun is on is cherry.
My P35s came with plastic stocks (talk about boring) and I recently completed the third wood replacement. I made the first of softwood scraps and ended up painting it black. I made stocks largely to get them to fit my long arms and big hands better. I needed about 1.25 more length of pull and the grip pushed back 3/8ths of an inch or so. But wood is also nicer and lighter in this case. I'll add the mahogany and cherry ones picture. The mahogany is plain grain but nicely dark. The cherry will get darker with age and has a bit more character. But the wood is not figured like you sometimes see in maple, cherry, and walnut (really it happens in all types of wood but is more common in some). The cherry will probably get darker than the mahogany but it takes at least months for that to happen. The top of the table the cherry stocked gun is on is cherry.
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Freak-eye is a member here and he torched his Akela stock. I thought it came out great although I’m not sure I had the nerve to try it myself.
Here’s his post about it.
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Here’s his post about it.
Benjamin Akela Stock Makeover
So the back story is the Mrs burned her picnic tables and since I liked the outcome,Of course I gave her the walnut stock from the Benjamin Akela and said do your thing. The tables. The rifle. Just in case anyone asks “How does it shoot?” Cheers everyone https://youtu.be/hzMHYICiRXA
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