I've had this rifle for quite a few years it's an early made in Japan 50 cal with 7/8" barrel that I cut back to 36" nice light rifle but was never what I would call very accurate only hunting accurate IMO . My original intentions this winter/spring was to build a new gun and sell this one but due to medical issues and bills that followed I changed plans .
I was graciously gifted a used green mtn barrel by member here KCSO so far I reused the breach plug ,sights and barrel lugs from the oldbarrel and fit them to the new barrel . So on to the stock , have no idea what kinda wood they used but it was always unpleasing to me . Stripped it all down and gave it some fake figure and character and used a reddish brown stain I had from a previous project . I didn't want a glossy look so I did a goodbit of reading and researching on finishes that would give me protection andthe look I wanted . I settled on a rather simple application of bees wax melted into the wood and buffed , actually I had a few sticks of Lars C Red ! Hey it's free as I had some on hand from lube making first application was this morning and seems like it turned out pretty well . A second application is needed still but I think it will work well