Enhancing stock finish

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Enhancing stock finish

Postby joseph on Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:41 am

Hi all,

Wondered, if you might share with me some techniques for in enhancing the stock on the Marauder. Still waiting for its arrival but I anticipate wanting to do this. Haven't been able to locate how the stock is finished from the manufacture -- and what they used. Would appreciate any feedback on what others have done . Thank you. Joe
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Re: Enhancing stock finish

Postby jimby on Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:25 pm

I am not an expert, but the marauder stock seems to have a light matte polyurethane finish over a muddy brown stain. It's all pretty easy to sand off without the use of stripping chemicals (unlike some other stocks that require strong strippers, a hazmat suit, and back hoe just to get the finish off :) ) I believe the wood is Sycamore, and doesn't show a lot of grain or figuring. I am contemplating cutting off 4 or 5 inches of the forend to make the stock shorter and the overall package a bit lighter.


Here's what it looks like after stripping and a tung oil finish:

(Blondes have more fun :) )

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Re: Enhancing stock finish

Postby joseph on Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:17 pm

Thanks for the respose...looks great!! Joe
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Re: Enhancing stock finish

Postby rbolton6 on Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:29 pm

Don't be afraid to strip it down and start cutting and sanding.
I stripped mine down and took off the right comb, shortened the length and took off a lot of the forearm width.
There actually is some nice grain in there, ya just gotta use a little elbow grease to find it.



Finish is really nice now - the camera flash made the middle look a little lighter, but it's really an even dark look for the entire stock !
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Re: Enhancing stock finish

Postby ran007 on Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:16 pm

Looks really nice!
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Re: Enhancing stock finish

Postby leadfingers on Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:33 pm

Nice looking stocks.There's some nice wood under that crummy finish they come with.Ive been reading alot of the post on here about the .25 and had to get myself one.I will post a pic of my stock after I figure out how to attach a pic.
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Re: Enhancing stock finish

Postby Supercharged86 on Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:58 pm

leadfingers wrote:.....I will post a pic of my stock after I figure out how to attach a pic.


Hey Leadfingers, The easiest way is to upload your photos to a place like photobucket, then copy and paste the "IMG" tag to your thread/post, done. The optimum image size for posting here on MrodAR is 700 x 525 pxls. Cheers. Steve
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Re: Enhancing stock finish

Postby leadfingers on Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:07 pm

http://s1139.photobucket.com/home/leadf ... /tag/m-rod heres a pic,I hope.Made fast work of it with the belt sander,Extra cheek rest gone,then the orbital,then by hand.Some dark walnut stain-sealer[Minwax]and here's the finished product.
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Re: Enhancing stock finish

Postby Supercharged86 on Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:12 pm

leadfingers wrote:http://s1139.photobucket.com/home/leadfingers63/tag/m-rod heres a pic,I hope


How's this, better?
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Re: Enhancing stock finish

Postby leadfingers on Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:14 pm

Yeh that works ;)
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