My next stock refinishing project

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After refinishing the stock on my friend's Remington Model 10 a few weeks ago, I've been casually looking for my next project. Yesterday I found this Remington 550-1 22LR semi-auto made in October 1948 at a local gun store for a good price, and decided to bring it home with me. The metal work is in really good condition for the age, but the stock has a number of scratches and dents to merit a refinish. I think this time I'll go with either Alkanet oil or Linspeed oil; leaning towards the Alkanet, but will decide after I get it fully stripped and smoothed to see what I have to work with.

 

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Stripped, steamed, and (mostly) sanded. Just needs a little more touch up, then ready for the oil finish. I think I'm gonna go with the alkanet oil.

 

[SCHUNTER73]

That’s a nice, old piece of furniture to work with.

 

[cash_tx]

That’s a nice, old piece of furniture to work with.

Thank you. I finished up the last of the sanding today, and applied the first coat of alkanet. A little darker than I expected, but looks very promising. The plan is to do one coat per day for at least the next 10 days, but maybe even more if it keeps improving. For reference sake, the oil I'm using is the SB McWilliams London Blend, which can be found on Ebay.

 

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24 hours after the first application of alkanet oil. About to apply the second coat.

 

[Shootist43]

Checkering would be a nice addition.

 

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Checkering would be a nice addition.

Thanks, and I think that is a "Chocolate vs. Vanilla" discussion. For this particular stock, some of the best wood grain is right where checkering would obscure it. I prefer to see the wood grain; and on a light duty firearm like this, I don't view checkering as very imperative. Jusy my $.02.