Mountain Rifle #3 Finished up

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06-10-2018, 04:58 PM
FrontierMuzzleloading

Mountain Rifle #3 Finished up

This time the owner wanted a nice dark brown/golden color mountain rifle with some maple stripes thrown in. I did not go over crazy this time with the stripes. Hand rubbed genuine oil finish. The ramrod and entire stock took hours of polishing with 2000 grit sand paper. Every coat of stain that went on was allowed to dry and then whiskered with 2000 grit to remove any rough texture. She came out beautiful and the browned lock and barrel & trim just added a touch of sweetness.
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06-10-2018, 05:02 PM
Reverend Al

Very nice! What a great looking rifle. It just shows that if you put in quality time you get quality results ...
06-10-2018, 05:04 PM
Hawks Feather

Looks like you did a fine job on that rifle.
06-10-2018, 06:34 PM
tranders

Wow! That turned out nice.

Great work

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06-10-2018, 06:37 PM
Tatume

Very nice indeed. How much does it weigh? What make barrel, and caliber?
06-10-2018, 07:37 PM
nagantguy

You are an artist sir!!! The owner should be well pleased, I know I would be!
06-10-2018, 08:33 PM
FrontierMuzzleloading

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Originally Posted by Tatume

Very nice indeed. How much does it weigh? What make barrel, and caliber?

I believe its a touch over 8lbs. This is a Traditions Mountain Rifle with 1:48 twist .50 caliber
06-11-2018, 09:08 AM
Mac118

Super nice! I love the subtle sheen on the stock finish. I can never seem to achieve that effect. Maybe I need some 2000 grit sand paper.
06-11-2018, 12:13 PM
FrontierMuzzleloading

Yes Mac! 220- 320 - 400 - 600 - 1000 & 2000 grit. I used a water based stain and after each coat, the stock was gently polished smooth with the 2000 grit sand paper. I used birchwood casey genuine oil. Put it on super light, rub it in hard and give it over night to set up.
06-11-2018, 12:22 PM
HangFireW8

Interesting. When I finish with 2000 I get a mirror finish. It's a labor of love as it fills (clogs) so quickly. I rarely do it since most of my guns are hunters. I have good success de whiskering with 600 or 800 grit. But really at that point the stock should be sealed and filled and there's not much whiskers.
06-11-2018, 12:41 PM
Boz330

Nice job. How do you add the Maple stripes?

Bob
06-11-2018, 04:00 PM
Kuato

Now THAT'S purdy!!!
06-12-2018, 12:14 PM
indian joe

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrontierMuzzleloading

This time the owner wanted a nice dark brown/golden color mountain rifle with some maple stripes thrown in. I did not go over crazy this time with the stripes. Hand rubbed genuine oil finish. The ramrod and entire stock took hours of polishing with 2000 grit sand paper. Every coat of stain that went on was allowed to dry and then whiskered with 2000 grit to remove any rough texture. She came out beautiful and the browned lock and barrel & trim just added a touch of sweetness.
https://i.servimg.com/u/f95/19/04/51/92/100_1911.jpg
https://i.servimg.com/u/f95/19/04/51/92/100_1910.jpg
https://i.servimg.com/u/f95/19/04/51/92/100_1916.jpg
https://i.servimg.com/u/f95/19/04/51/92/100_1914.jpg

How did ya do the stripes? that worked really nice - maple stripes on a plain CVA hardwood stock - good job
06-12-2018, 01:21 PM
Mac118

I appreciate the info on the technique. Much appreciated.
Steve