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05-21-2020, 11:13 AM | #3 | ||||||
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The stock NEEDED to be refinished to install a pad? Sounds like someone was fed a line of you know what.
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05-21-2020, 01:06 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Agreed, Brian. Anyone who says the stock has to be refinished when installing a pad, simply doesn't know how to install a pad. Not surprising, considering who did the job.
Fix the crack. A proper repair hardly ever hurts the value, but restocking it, regardless of the stocker, and quality of wood, will never add value, and usually diminish it. |
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05-21-2020, 02:45 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Or either something happened to the stock after they got it and they wanted to cover it up as well as get paid for it .
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05-21-2020, 03:28 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Finish can be French polish, Tru Oil or best in my opinion, Timberluxe.
I do not recommend the rattle can spray on lacquer. Here is a typical P grade stock , this refinished with Timberluxe by me . |
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05-21-2020, 04:09 PM | #7 | ||||||
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Good advice from all but I would still like to see what was done to "refinish" your stock.
Can you please post pictures of both sides of the stock from the frame to the end of the pad? .
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05-21-2020, 05:43 PM | #8 | ||||||
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I would put the gun on gunbroker with a 1 cent start and no reserve, sell it and move on. It's likely someone who enjoys fixer uppers will buy the gun for it's true value.
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05-21-2020, 06:25 PM | #9 | ||||||
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Dean Romig suggested pictures. Those pictures may actually suggest who may have been at fault. They may also suggest if the gun had ever been or not been in Del Grego's shop.
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05-21-2020, 06:48 PM | #10 | ||||||
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Here are photos. This post isn't about pointing fingers, I have no clue other than what my Uncle told me about the pad and stock. I can say the stock was refinished and pad added after I sold it to him and have no reason to doubt him as far as who did the work. I suggested DelGrego to him for a pad.
I just need to know opinion wise if it is worth the added cost to repair. |
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