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I have seen a lot of early 99E's with this blond unstained looking stock. Did they come from the factory this way or has the stock been stripped and refinished? The 1965 catalog shows a dark walnut looking finish and claims the stock is "walnut finished". This one has lever boss code S (1965 production). [Linked Image]


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My brother's 1970 E came with a Birch stock, no checkering, stained to look like walnut..I know for sure, because I was with him when he bought it new.

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Yeah, you do see alot of them blonde, but the pristine condition ones always have that ugly stain. I think they've been stripped because that stuff was so fragile.


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Yeah, you do see alot of them blonde, but the pristine condition ones always have that ugly stain. I think they've been stripped because that stuff was so fragile.


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Thanks guys, my later 99E with impressed checkering still has the stain. I thought maybe some of the 1965 and earlier ones came unstained. David.


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The finish did differ over the years.


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The book on 99E stocks would be "50 Shades of Birch"

The factory may have tried to put a walnut look to them early on but gave that up pretty quick I believe. Ralph has a pristine .308 E that is absolutely blonde and has never been touched. Just because they are light doesn't mean they have been redone.


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My late brother's 99E had that flaky finish. I scraped it off with a very sharp knife , stained it , and rubbed in a few coats of boiled linseed oil.

The way the grain of that wood is parts of it took the stain pretty good & parts of it didn't.

Not a real pretty job but then , after all , it's just a E.

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I've been thinking about trying a concoction of boiled linseed oil & some shoe polish on a "hardwood" stock sometime.


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