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After shooting my 1885 lo-wall 22RF for a while I decided that the finish on the wood is too glossy and "reddish". I started to scrape it off and found that it was some kind of very thick plastic and the wood had been stained with something. When I finally got down to bare wood I was pleasantly surprised to see a very nice piece of walnut. It's a shame that the factory spoiled it with such an ugly finish. Several coats of rubbed tung oil will do it justice. | ||
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I have the 1885 High wall 45/70 and the same finish , I am not changing mine , I am hoping that it will be more valuable as time goes on and if I change it from original the value may drop . I do agree with you about the wood finish . Don't take the chip ! | |||
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I found something similar on a friend's HK in .308 Win. The finish was some kind of brown goop that toally masked all sign of the wood grain and figure. Once it was removed, a considerable job, even with a good remover, it was a pretty nice piece of European walnut that finished well with Tru-Oil. "Bitte, trinks du nicht das Wasser. Dahin haben die Kuhen gesheissen." | |||
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Same experience here with my Uberti High Wall. However, the forearm looked like it came from a completely different tree. The buttstock was drop dead lovely, and the forearm looked like a straight grain piece of birch. NRA Endowment Member NRA Certified Instructor, Basic Rifle, Basic Pistol, Metallic Cartridge Reloading "The dynamite bomb must be answered with the Winchester Rifle" Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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It turns out mine was the same. It took several coats of walnut stain on the forearm to match the buttstock. | |||
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