Redoing my 76

[curdog]

I have pulled my forearm stock off and restained and started putting an oil finnish on it. I used a stain that is close to the old winchester color. It still is almost the same red that Uberti has on the stock. I think it's not the same as Winchester's color because of the differance in wood. The Uberti's walnut is lighter than American Black Walnut. I may make new stocks when I find the time.

[Dirty Brass]

i know I like mine a lot better with the shiney coating removed. I did one with a stain and one with linseed oil. I've actually done a couple of others - a '66 and a '73, so I've had a lot of chances to experiment. You are going to make a stock?? That sounds like a lengthy adventure! 

[curdog]

I also modified my front sight. I added a piece of silver on the top corner less than an eighth of an inch, just enough to reflect the light. My next mod will be making a rear sight I don't like the wide deep notch and the buckhorn sight. It really doesn't take me long to rough out a butt stock Dirtybrass. I can do it in about a day and then I take a couple of evenigs to tweek it and sand it down. I haven't made up my mind if I want a shotgun butt or stay with the creasent style.

[drcook]

Gentlemen,

you can get oil with the correct red color for winchesters from:

http://www.winrest.com/

there are instructions on the website for putting a AAA oil finish on a stock. I have done a number
of rifles using the oil from them and highly recommend it

regards
dave cook

[Fox Creek Kid]

...I used a stain that is close to the old winchester color. It still is almost the same red that Uberti has on the stock. I think it's not the same as Winchester's color because of the differance in wood. The Uberti's walnut is lighter than American Black Walnut. I may make new stocks when I find the time.

There is a LOT of misconception about old gunstock finish. Winchester, as many other companies as well, used linseed oil that had alkanet root steeped into it, hence the reddish color. The deep dark red is historically correct. 

[curdog]

I have an original 1894 rifle made in about 1920 and it still has almost all of the original stain on the stock. It has a very reddish tint to it but it is still different from the uberti. I think the difference may be the wood spiecies. They are using some kind of european walnut and winchester used american black. These woods are different in color when bare. I'll post some photos of my rifle when it is finnished.

[curdog]

I hope this photo shows up!

[Joss House]

The photo shows up too small. Can you link it to the full size photo?

[curdog]

Joss I would if I wernt so computer dumb. It is a photo I took of it befor I started redoing the stock. I was just trying to see if I could put a photo up on the site. The first try my photo would take because the file was to big and then I got this itti bitti thing my next try. I'll see if my teenage daughter can figure something out.

[Joss House]

Do you have your photo's hosted in Photobucket? If so, there is an "IMG" link at the bottom of the photograph. Simply copy and paste that link. Actually it's probably the same with any photo imaging host.

[curdog]

I'm trying the photo thing again. Try this link and see if the photo is larger:                          \\bf.umich.edu\HomeFolders\PO\bkbarker\mydocs\My Pictures\chelsea

[curdog]

Ok see if this works.