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Okay most know I have been recovering from multiple knee surgeries and I got bored.......
I have a Remington 788 .308 in my collection that was always an excellent shooter but I had a wish list for it.
I epoxy bedded the action
floated the barrel channel by removing wood
chemmically stripped the old finish (you really can not hurt an already ugly rifle)
sanded working my way to 600 grit
applied 2 coats the new stain
applied 18 individual coats of tru-oil and used 0000 steel wool between coats thus sealing and filling in all the wood pores (each coat dried 24 hours)
wet sanded with 1500
used 2F pumice followed by 4F Pumice
followed by Rotten-stone
and a light coat of wax
I am very happy with the appearance now I will hopefully re-sight it in this week.
I wish I took more photos.
Kind of created an album Remington pictures by Bob_VT - Photobucket <<< Click view as a slideshow
Allot of work but the ugly stock actually looks great and the action is now bedded.
I have a Remington 788 .308 in my collection that was always an excellent shooter but I had a wish list for it.
I epoxy bedded the action
floated the barrel channel by removing wood
chemmically stripped the old finish (you really can not hurt an already ugly rifle)
sanded working my way to 600 grit
applied 2 coats the new stain
applied 18 individual coats of tru-oil and used 0000 steel wool between coats thus sealing and filling in all the wood pores (each coat dried 24 hours)
wet sanded with 1500
used 2F pumice followed by 4F Pumice
followed by Rotten-stone
and a light coat of wax
I am very happy with the appearance now I will hopefully re-sight it in this week.
I wish I took more photos.
Kind of created an album Remington pictures by Bob_VT - Photobucket <<< Click view as a slideshow
Allot of work but the ugly stock actually looks great and the action is now bedded.