I had Brian freshen up my 20 ga VH. Before and after...

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Did Brian replace the original stock? If not, that sure is a pretty piece of wood for a "V" grade gun.

I use Timberlux to finish every stock I work on. Easy to use with excellent results. Blends in nicely even when only doing some spot touch ups.

Okay, so isopropyl alcohol then TimberLuxe?

Just to be clear, it was Brian Board that refinished the stock and the back end of the forend. I was shocked at how much figure was hiding under that old finish. The stock is Parker original to the gun.

You can store the opened bottle of Timberlux in the freezer and that will keep it from hardening. Just need to shake it up before you use it.

They also sell an aerosol can that I believe is nitrogen, that you spray into the larger bottle that keeps the finish from hardening. I found it to work well.

It most assuredly is a Remington era or even of Ilion manufacture.

Our friend Greg Miller used to shoot an Ilion VHE just like this one. Beautiful guns!





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I was at DelGrego's in the fall of 2019 when Babe was still alive. He stated that my 20 was the "...the only one he had ever seen with all the 'bells and whistles' EXCEPT ejectors. It is SST, BTFE, checkered butt, straight grip. Lawrence also confirmed the stock was factory and showed me the serial # and indentation under the trigger guard. I sure miss those two.

I used to do that for the 30 some years I was heavily into photography. I used the keyboard cleaner gas and topped off developer and fixer bottle after mixing. Very expensive chemicals and some would only last a day or two after mixing. With the gas it would last almost indefinitely. I used it to protect finishes for guitars when stored. My son-in-law bought a fancy/expensive doodad to insert through wine corks that withdrew the wine by gas pressure then sealed the bottle with the inert gas in place. With his taste in wine, I didn't see the need but didn't tell him I have been doing the same thing with wine by shooting in a penny's worth of gas through a small tube and quickly shoving in a cork.

The only thing I never used it on was TruOil. I may be off base but I always favored old TruOil that had been opened and set a while. Over the years, it was not uncommon to use bottles that were years old, dark and thick. Filled faster, faster to build a gloss and more pleasing color for most woods. Just me, but it gave me the finish I wanted. At some point I had to abandon it because it was to hard to smooth out, but I hated to buy a brand new bottle.