Stock Refinish.... Before & After

[FOsteology]

Had a friend of mine from another Forum refinish 250Savage's stock for his M70 7x57mm Mauser.


Before:










After:








In addition to stripping and refinishing the stock, he removed the ugly schnabel forend and added a classy ebony forend.
He recut all the checkering to point up the diamonds since they are generally pretty flat on M70 stocks. He then darkened it up a smidge to really set it off against the beautiful wood.

He also installed a Talley cross-bolt.



Not sure why some rifle manufacturers produce stocks with a "black-dot" to simulate a cross-bolt. 
When he went to install the Talley cross-bolt, he found there was a "crossbolt" that had to be removed. It was a woodscrew and the plug was plastic.
It would not come out with any type of screwdriver. Had to drill around it with a .000001 drill bit and snap off the damn screw!


Should have the stock in hand sometime this week. Will drop the 7x57mm Mauser barreled action in and take a few pictures. 

[Hawks Feather]

He did an excellent job on the stock.  It looked good before, but it sure looks better now.

Jerry

[Roundman]

That's some good wood ya got FO.   I like the end cap that was added.

[iahntr]

Looks good ! 

[coyote101]

That is a beautiful piece of wood FOs.  So the fake crossbolt is just a black plastic dot on only one side? 

Pat

[FOsteology]

So the fake crossbolt is just a black plastic dot on only one side? 

Pat

At first glance it would appear so! However, at least on this particular stock, once he went to drill a hole to install a real cross-bolt, it was found to have a wooden screw encased in a plastic cap under the black dot.

[FinsnFur]

Very nice. I agree with Hawk~..it looked good before but Wow!

[HuntnCarve]

That's a sweet looking chunk of walnut!  He'll have a real nice outfit just in time for the up coming deer season.