Gents:

My vision for the rifle I will soon send to Wayne and co at AHR to build is nearly there; the blank I will use has proper grain flow and will work well for my project; I will use a red recoil pad and Wayne will Gunkote the metal for me. I think a fairly robust reddish finish would bring it all together nicely. Seems it would also bring out the strong mineral streaking that runs through the walnut.

Does anyone have photos they'd like to share as well as staining ideas/techniques?

Thanks!

Jeff

Here is a piece of Turkish with Pilkingtons English red on it.



I like it.

Terry

Here is another I did with the Pilkingtons. This one is on a piece of English walnut.



Another, this one is a W.J. Jeffery original in 6.5X54. It's for sale at Cabelas right now it you happen to have an extra $10K you can spare.




Last one. This one is an old BRNO 21H I bought a few years back. The stock was broke and had been refinished several times before I bought it. I used a product no longer made for it. It was a lot of trial and error to get this color.

Notice the black pours? That's Bone Black mixed with Rotton Stone. I like the effect.






Staining a stock is pretty straight forward. The trick is finishing it. If you break the finish you might as well sand it all down to bare wood and start again.

Terry

thats a beautiful job terry - glad to see you're back posting & hopefully feeling much better

Oh yea, I'm better.

Thanks,
Terry

Ive redish stained a few with Laurel Mtn Stain "cherry color" Reduced the stain 10to1, works good on english walnut. I filled the grain then wet sanded with water as a lube back to wood surface useing 600 grit and a 3M hard rubber backing. Then wiped on several very light coats of Dalys teak oil after staining on this one



http://i20.photobucket.com/alb...416.jpg?t=1236639237

Good looking finishes.

I like the reddish colors.