How to- Grip / Stocks Refinishing with photos! FINISHED!

[TACC1]

Well, there you go! Just finished my fifth set of grips.
They weren't bad as far as damage was concerned, but the finish
was chipped, making them look a little ratty. Still not up
to the mark set by the OP, but decent.
Now it's time to try the grips from an old Police Positive. They're
almost black, wonder what they'll look like..
TACC1

 

[Frank46]

I bought a couple rem 870 police shotguns for $225 and $195. After getting the rust off them with CLP and 4/0 steel wool the stocks were next. The two sets of forends and buttstocks presented a challenge as they were scratched, chipped finish and wear. Sanded down to bare wood, 1 coat of stain sealer and about 6 coats of tru oil. First few coats were sanded between coats to get the finish level and no high or low spots. Last two coats were put on with those cheap disposable acid brushes. Let sit for a week to make sure they were dry. Cut the sheen with 4/0 steel wool. And used some old classic car wax which has a mild abrasive in it. Nice low sheen just the way I like it. You can also use pumice and rottenstone for polishing when mixed with a lite oil such as mineral oil. But I like MAG-NUM's post as he showed what can be done with some care and skill. Frank

 

[BrewsterII]

Hey Mag-Num
After reading this post on your stocks, I thought I'd give a stock refinish a try on a 1937 Remington SportMaster .22 rifle I gave to my daughter. Its amazing the wood they covered up "back in the day".
Here is a before and after shot of the butt of the rifle. This is after 6 very light coats of Tru-Oil. I used 0000 steel wool between every coat and let it dry 24 hours between coats. I'm going to put on a couple more thin coats and then wait a week to apply the Stock Sheen & Conditioner. The Stock Sheen will bring the gloss down to a Satin Sheen.

Before

After

Thanks for inspiring me! Now I've got a couple sets of Magna PC grips to re-finish!

 

[slodraw]

Great post! Some very nice work. Having done a lot of refinishing on wooden boats I will pass this along as a helpful tip. Instead of steel wool use bronze wool oooo available at marine supply stores. West marine, jamestowne distributors. Steel wool leaves very fine remnants of steel that will rust after time the bronze will not rust . Fwiw.
Nice to see all the great work people have done . happy holidays

 

[brucev]

Re: OP. Very much appreciate your initial and subsequent follow-up posts detailing your project. Am currently in the process of thinking through how I will do a similar project adapting a pair of square-butt S&W target stocks for a round-butt N-frame revolver. Thank you for the detailed photographs as well as the explanations of material used, etc. This will doubtless prove helpful as I proceed with my grips. Sincerely. brucev.

 

[BrewsterII]

Great post! Some very nice work. Having done a lot of refinishing on wooden boats I will pass this along as a helpful tip. Instead of steel wool use bronze wool oooo available at marine supply stores. West marine, jamestowne distributors. Steel wool leaves very fine remnants of steel that will rust after time the bronze will not rust . Fwiw.
Nice to see all the great work people have done . happy holidays

That is a valid point, but I'm sure I'm not going to subject this rifle to the same elements as I would my sailboat, LOL.

 

[3S16]

What a great sticky! I recently acquired an S&W 53 with an 8 3/8" barrel just because it looks so cool - and was way underpriced. All my other Smiths are 4" or less. Anyway, the diamond targets were just BLAH! So, I thought, what the hell, I'll try to refinish them as described by this sticky. They turned out great - and I did it myself. Thanks Magnum

 

[MAG-NUM]

Hard to imagine that it has been 10 years since I made this article and I am glad to see that many of you have tried it and been successful. The finish on these stocks has held up well over the years and they look as good as they did back then.

Thanks to all for your comments and complements.

 

[waelkhntr]

Glad this thread was resurrected its exactly what I have been looking for.

Terry

 

[llowry61]

It would be cool to see a couple of pcs 10 years later! You did a really nice job both with the work and do writeup !

 

[BillBro]

Very nice work! Those look great, the gun looks great as well.

 

[MAG-NUM]

Sorry Lowry61, I no longer own those stocks. Years later I purchased a set of custom stocks to install on my magnum. The stocks that were refinished for this article were placed on a model 27-2 and sold with that gun