jb
10-22-2015, 08:05 PM
#3 bought an M1A from work when they moved from this platform to a AR 308 platform.
He wanted to make it look like the M14 I carried in the Marines so I sent away for a GI issued walnut surplus stock.
What came in the mail would make some people send it back, but when you look at old GI wood you know it's solid walnut all the way through.
A good cleaning, some basic sanding, and hand rubbed oil you can usually make ugly wood look pretty good again.
What he bought:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/006_zpsuqwywtcw.jpg
What I did:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/001_zpssyfmc3g4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/020_zpste6jz1ds.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/002_zpsfshozpzf.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/021_zpsysodprcv.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/003_zpsoiaxjvwv.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/022_zpsbm5gf9rz.jpg
This is how it looks now;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/018_zpsvjfmotu0.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/019_zpsethwlx3n.jpg
He wanted to make it look like the M14 I carried in the Marines so I sent away for a GI issued walnut surplus stock.
What came in the mail would make some people send it back, but when you look at old GI wood you know it's solid walnut all the way through.
A good cleaning, some basic sanding, and hand rubbed oil you can usually make ugly wood look pretty good again.
What he bought:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/006_zpsuqwywtcw.jpg
What I did:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/001_zpssyfmc3g4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/020_zpste6jz1ds.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/002_zpsfshozpzf.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/021_zpsysodprcv.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/003_zpsoiaxjvwv.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/022_zpsbm5gf9rz.jpg
This is how it looks now;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/018_zpsvjfmotu0.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/M14/019_zpsethwlx3n.jpg