meanwhile back on the bench....
 

Henry sent me this BRNO rifle that the wood was all polka dotted with mold under the finish. I wish I had taken some before pics, but I don't always have time to do a step by step slide show. Anyway here is the wood after stripping, bleaching, sanding, wooling,and 3 hand rubbed coats of finish. I didn't want to remove all the little dings and things that give the stock it's legend but it came out pretty nice. I touched up the bluing as well. I sent it back monday so I will let Henry post the after / completed photos.


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after wooling and a few more hand rubbed coats of tru oil...

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After all that,I removed the masking from the checkering and re-cut all the borders and assembled it all...I hope he likes it..

Nice work!

Ya know Dave... I bet you could make a killing restoring guitars and basses :) Great work man!

Thanks! BTW Bill I have an Aerodyne and a MIM PJ for sale.

That soft glow, like the moon over water. That must be so satisfying to bring stuff back to life like that - and to have people give you cash money to do it? Bonus!

yes it is. I have been a bit overwhelmed lately because of my wifes illness. When I can get the "me" time to do this stuff it washes some of the stress away for a while.

David, What calibre?

I believe it was a 6.5 x 50 or 55.

wow you do nice work sir, your a craftsman.

Another labor of love...very nice David...thanks for sharing.

And best wishes for your wife.

thank you and thank you...

Looks really great Dave. I'm pacing back and forth waiting for the UPS truck. My driver said yesterday that he would be surprised if it went missing. Just what I wanted to hear!!!! lol

Very Nice David..reminds me to get my butt in gear and get the O/U 20 GA. SKB I PMd you about up to your shop so you can work your magic.

That's purty. Nicely done.

It's here and it's beautiful. Thanks Dave.
Because this is a Porsche forum I thought it might be appropriate to showcase it on the deck lid of my 70 914/6.

This is a BRNO ZB 21H chambered in 7x57. This gun has double set triggers, a butternkife style bolt handle, 2-leaf rear sight, checkered pistol grip stock with cheekpiece and but pad, small Schnabel forend, swing swivels and a Redfield 8X. This is one of those rare guns that you don't see very often and would make a nice gun for hunting or collecting.




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I am glad you like it Henry. Sorry it took so long.

Really nice work, both of you,

Beautiful work! I've been refinishing several guns for a friend that has d been poly-urethaned. I applied tung oil and they have turned out fantastic. I still have the M1 Garand to go...

Art, I'm glad you chimed in. You made me an incredible offer to reload some 44 AutoMag ammo and I dropped the ball. Please understand that your generous offer was appreciated. I just get side tracked so easily these days.
Cheers