Here is a Grade 2 10g. Top action gun that had its wrist checkering very messed up by someone in the past. I will below outline what I did to repair it. This repair is pretty much the same exact thing that I did to this years Raffle gun in case anyone is interested.
This photo shows the checkering job that was on the wood. The old finish is already removed.
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Given that none of the checkering comes close to any of the metal, the grip can be nicely thinned out in order to remove the old checkering. Care is taken around the trigger guard tang to feather the work up to it. This stock had a broken grip cap, so a good used one was put on and finished down along with the wood. The stock shield had to be removed and reinletted into the stock.
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Here is the stock with all reworking done and fully finish sanded. The bump in the stock that defines the rear of the chekering pattern was also re-defined.
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Here is the stock refinished with fresh amber shellac. And a new recoil pad installed as per the customer's specifications. At this time the action is put back into the wood.
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And finally the stock recheckered in the original style pattern and darkened. The forend was refinished and checkered to match.
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Repairing Butchered checkering
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