Win94 wrote:
I don't think that crescent butt stock was original to begin with....
Your right. I just took a "look-see" and noticed the wood to metal fit, plus, that era gun had the shotgun style.
How does the condition and color of the buttstock and forend match up? If they match, you will most likely have to buy both. Your pictures show a close match. Its very hard to get an aftermarket stock to match up due to grain density and where the walnut actually grew, along with previous deep stains and other chemicals that may or may not been added.
Look here young man, (I have a son born the same year as you
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Take off all of the wood....................buy some quality stripper and strip the wood down all the way. Either mechanically or chemically remove what you put in there. Remember, those original holes were tack holes, what? 1/32"...1/16" at the largest?
Grind some walnut down to a dust and mix it with "stainable wood glue". Verrrrrrryyyyyyy carefully fill in the holes leaving it a tiny bit high, also being careful NOT to get glue in the wood next to the hole.............
Wait a day and get a very small piece of steel wool or 400 grit and sand down the high spot, again being verrrrrryyyyyy careful not to sand the surrounding wood around the hole...............................................
get some dark walnut stain and follow directions......................wait a day..................apply a oil finish.................................wait a day and do it again, this time rubbing it in with 0000 steel wool.....after 15 minutes, wipe off with clean paper towel ....................wait a day and do it again with steel wool and paper.............................do it one more time if need be...................wait another day or two before handling................she will look new
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