17 March 2008, 23:48
Leo L.Uberti finish
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.
18 March 2008, 18:24
Concho42I 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 .
18 March 2008, 19:56
El Deguelloquote:
Originally posted by Leo L.:
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.
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.
19 March 2008, 19:36
BPCBillSame 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.
19 March 2008, 20:49
Leo L.It turns out mine was the same. It took several coats of walnut stain on the forearm to match the buttstock.