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Geez Roy, I think you officially qualify as the west coast armory for the 99. Nice work!
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Roy, nice job, nice grain in the buttstock. I dont hate them ,just like older models better !!
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Whats your wood finish of choice these days?
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Whats your wood finish of choice these days? This is tung oil sanded between coats (lost track of # of coats) then steel wooled and waxed with renaissance wax at the end.
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Came Whats your wood finish of choice these days? This is tung oil sanded between coats (lost track of # of coats) then steel wooled and waxed with renaissance wax at the end. Came out damn nice! Four hundred bucks and a little elbow grease and ya get a great gun.
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looks nice and I don't even like 99's
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What did you use to remove the varnish that didn't effect the color?
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What did you use to remove the varnish that didn't effect the color?
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Nice work Roy! I just got through refinishing a PO Ackley mauser in 30-06 IMP.
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I use a paste stripper to remove all varnish and stain first before any sanding.
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Nice work Roy!
Anyone know what the factory used that was obviously so inferior??
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Great Job Roy! very nice grain in that stock!
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Nice Job, I like the DL’s
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Nice work Roy!
Anyone know what the factory used that was obviously so inferior?? must have been the same stuff GM used for primer back in the 90s!
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Nice work Roy!
Anyone know what the factory used that was obviously so inferior?? must have been the same stuff GM used for primer back in the 90s! now there is the truth! call my 94 Silverado my appaloosa truck.
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Great work, Roy. Looks great!
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Roy did good, didn't he?!
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