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[Stoopy]

What are you having built?

A ferret 50 supercomp chambered in 50 dtc. I'm going to use it for FCSA matches and some extra long range fun.

[CptnBlues63]

A ferret 50 supercomp chambered in 50 dtc. I'm going to use it for FCSA matches and some extra long range fun.

Sweet!

One of these days I'm going to get to shoot a .50

[Mangyrat]

Nice i want one bad.
The 50 is on my short list of guns i want.

Well i stated on the enfield yesterday and it has been a challenge to get the paint off it.
Not much finish is left under the paint and i used chemical to strip the paint i did not sand it off.
Most of the screws are buggered up good and the stock i am going to sand down and try to remove some of the damage.

I almost dropped the thing in the trash once i got started stiping it down it was in bad shape.
I see why it was spray painted now to cover up the destroyed finish.
Over all its only cosmetic damage the rifling and action are in great shape.

yes si have pictures but they are on my phone i don't know how to send them to photo bucket.

[Mangyrat]

Nice i want one bad.
The 50 is on my short list of guns i want.

Well i stated on the enfield yesterday and it has been a challenge to get the paint off it.
Not much finish is left under the paint and i used chemical to strip the paint i did not sand it off.
Most of the screws are buggered up good and the stock i am going to sand down and try to remove some of the damage.

I almost dropped the thing in the trash once i got started stiping it down it was in bad shape.
I see why it was spray painted now to cover up the destroyed finish.
Over all its only cosmetic damage the rifling and action are in great shape.

yes i have pictures but they are on my phone i don't know how to send them to photo bucket.

[CptnBlues63]

When I redid my Savage stock I cheated and sanded the old finish off. I didn't remove enough wood to matter through the process (I was careful) so the finished product looked decent. Oh, and I didn't sand in any of the tooled areas. Just very carefully around the edges. Here's some pic's:

Before:






and after:









The last picture showing the two rifles gives you a comparison. The top rifle was in basically "new" condition when I bought it. Not a ding, dent or scratch in the stock and I doubt it had fired 20 rounds before coming to me.

[Mangyrat]

I wish i could save the stock but it has new wood added to replace parts that were damaged.

I may try a really dark stain to cover it up the best i can and i decided to use a flat black heat paint on the metal 'from what i can tell they were painted before" i cant find any blueing on it. "yes i have some cold blue but i dont think ill use it".

No way can i bring this gun back to original shape i gave up on that idea when i was breaking it down.
Now i just want to make it useable and not be gold colored.

[Mangyrat]

Painted all the metal today it turned out good, but time will tell how well the heat paint holds up.
Spent the better part of the morning cleaning up the screws to make them usable again.

On a side note don't smoke a cigar when usieng paint striper. i got a good buzz but did not blow my self up so all is good.

[CptnBlues63]

Painted all the metal today it turned out good, but time will tell how well the heat paint holds up.
Spent the better part of the morning cleaning up the screws to make them usable again.

On a side note don't smoke a cigar when usieng paint striper. i got a good buzz but did not blow my self up so all is good.

That's good advice, I'll take it.

LOL

I was staining two willow walking sticks my wife had stashed somewhere this weekend and stained while puffing on a cigar. Luckily it wasn't as caustic as what you were working with and only took me a few minutes per stick so it's all good.

From the sounds of it, what you're doing should look great when it's done. Using a dark stain or color will hide lots of imperfections and differences in wood. Plus it should look great with that heat paint. Kind of like a modern gun with synthetic stock. I'm definitely looking forward to the before & after pics.