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Posted: 5/12/2007 8:19:25 AM EDT
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After seeing a thread here from ARdog about Fred's M14 stocks, I ordered one. I got a Excellent+ walnut stock and it ran about $65 with shipping. It had a few small dings in it and was stained with gun oil in a few places. I stripped the stock with 4/0 steel wool and Murphy's Oil Soap for Wood. It's a citrus based cleaner. With a little work on the stock to remove a few small dings, the stock came out pretty well with linseed oil. It's gonna make a good spare stock if I need it!  
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I have a Walnut GI stock that needs oiling reel bad. It has been sitting on a wall gun rack for 19 years. It is very dry. I used to buy Linspeed oil for my hunting rifle at my gun shop but they can no longer get it. Anyone know who carries Linspeed oil? I don't think Linspeed oil is pure Linseed oil. Any suggestions? Dane |
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I've used Tung Oil before to good effect. On this rifle I used boiled Linseed oil I bought at Home Depot. It was $12 for a gallon. I used part of it on a wooden trailer floor I haul ATVs on and some on this M14 stock. Another stain/finish that is excellent is Watco Danish Oil. It will come in different stains like Golden Oak or Dark Walnut. |
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Great job on the stock. My post was hopefully an inspiration and I'm thrilled it helped. You got a great piece of wood and did the right thing. I also use citrus solvent instead on mineral spirits because it's non-toxic and allows me to throw some old towels on my coffee table in the evening and watch a movie or something. My wife is sensitive to chemicals and citrus is AOK. Make sure you use Boiled Linseed Oil and Pure Tung Oil when working on stocks. The BLO isn't really boiled but contains metallic salts which hasten curing time greatly. Like overnight instead of a week. Be careful not to buy Tung Oil Finish or other mixes. I have been getting gallons quarts and pints of good products from "the real milk paint company" and they are fast and reliable. I recently purchase a pint of Dark Tung Oil to try out and it is a shade darker if you don't stain. I have only been staining a stock that needs stain to cover up blemishes lately, natural wood looks great. When applying oils, it takes only a small amount on a swatch of soft cotton to do a whole rifle with some left over for another. Use your hands to rub in and warm the stock to get penetration. Sweet. ARDog |
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I used a heat gun to warm the stock up, then brushed on the boiled linseed oil with a paint brush, then wiped the excess of with an old sock. Then I used the old sock to rub the stock. It was over kill putting on the oil with a paint brush but it got in every crevice and corner that way. Now that I've put the stock up, I wish I'd gone ahead and closed up the selector switch on the stock. Now I'm just gonna have to buy and install one of those fake selector switches. Damn, ain't it funny how you have to do these things!  ARdog, thanks for pushing me off the edge to get that stock. I started to buy an E2 stock from Fred years ago just to build a nice precision M14 NM rifle. But I just didn't do it. One of these days those stocks will become like the rest of the M14 GI parts - expensive as hell! Get 'em while the gettin's good! |
Hey, where do you get off putting up such a nice looking stock in MY thread?????? That Big Red Birch stock does indeed look great!!! I keep coming back to the picture of that birch stock and it makes me one to buy another one just like it from Fred!!! 
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I wasn't offended. I was just kidding you. That Big Red does look really nice! I really like it! I just can't justify buying another stock when I already have a spare! |
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I bought 3 stocks from Freds a Big Red, a Walnut and a Fiberglass all the $45 level... when I got the box I unpacked and that Big Red was the first one out of the box... I was astounded! Unbelievable! I left it as is, and it looks great! The Walnut on the other hand well it was a mess, Ugly brown looked almost like paint... I picked up some Formby's refinisher at Wal-Mart and some steel wool pads 000 grade the Formby's smells an awful lot like Acetone... anyhow saturated a steel wool pad and started rubbing it in small circles... the wood just literally JUMPED to life after I got the Goop off of it... Just awesome.. the Cartouche and the Circle P are sharp too... no sanding needed just good wood under all the goop... put a couple layers of Tung on it after the Formby's and it turned out gorgeous too... the third stock is a Fiberglass and it is just a fiberglass... Here is another of the Big Red after I put the Flash hider with Bayo Lug on  |
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