Well done, Dylan!! Looks great!

Dave

Came out nice. Did you leave the butt stock attached to the receiver?

i put it back on at some point after a couple coats of finish. I needed two sets of hands to get the sears back in due to the spring, and I only had trustworthy enough help once, but it was off for the great majority.

Good job.

Reviving this old thread as I finally got around to attempting to recut the checkering. Made a pretty noticeable boo boo on one side but thought I might share my method of fixing it. It’s probably a “hack” by the standards of an expert but I’d be darned if I could detect the difference not knowing it’s there.

I found some epoxy putty and smeared it into the botched area, waited for it to dry, chased the checkering, the toothbrushed some stain in. I picked at it with some dental tools and it seems bonded to the wood.

Stain it and gunk it up with some shoe polish and nobody would know it was recut.

I am not sure I understand your meaning, Brian. I was considering the attached picture the final form for my skill level. I only very lightly chased it but lost my line and ended cutting over the diamonds near the middle. The epoxy putty just brought the ruined diamonds back to form, then it was just a matter of chasing back out the epoxy that ended in the grooves and staining the entire area scrubbed in with a toothbrush. Is shoe polish an additional step I need to take or is that another method of covering up errors? Always looking to learn.

I am saying to darken up the lighter area in the middle that was recut to blend in with the surrounding areas.

Got it. I’ll give it a try. Thanks Brian.