I have a Husqvarna that came with a bright, shiny finish with a color I described as 'monkey schmidt yellow'. Lordy, I tried to live with that finish but just gagged every time I took it hunting. When I couldn't stand it any longer, I tried to strip the lacquer off but it resisted everything I put on it. So, I gave it to a friend to refinish. He got the factory finish off (which was a funny story by itself), and then put the reddish M1 Garand oil on it. It won't compare to walnut in any way, but at least it doesn't make me want to heave when I look at it now....
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That looks good man.
Did he use glass to shave off the finish or something else mechanical
How did he do the checkering?
He was having no luck with various paint removers the same as me and I had tried 3 different brands. Got pizzed of and mixed up a concoction of three different strong chemicals (he owns a cleaning service and has access to a lot of stuff) and painted it on the stock, then hung it from a hook in the ceiling of his shop. A few minutes later his dad said "You better catch that"! When he looked over, the finish was sliding down the stock in one piece! He grabbed a rag and held it under the stock and the finish folded itself onto the rag as it slid off. After that he just hit it with some paint remover to get the residue off, using a tooth brush on the checkering. Then put the oil they used on M1s for a finish. I'm tickled that he managed it because the rifle is super accurate, light (see scale in pic), and has one of the slickest actions I've ever worked. Don't know if I could have kept it much longer with that ugly factory finish though.
He and his dad still talk about the original finish sliding off looking liike an empty shell of the stock. He would never tell mell what chemicals he mixed up to get it off
