Anyways...
Since it has rained all weekend I decided to knock out a stock refinish project I've been wanting to do. Take a Marlin 925M with the typical sprayed on walnut orange crap finish that is less than exciting and hope the wood underneath is presentable. In case you haven't seen the wonderful factory stain on basic Marlin rimfire stocks.
Dunno if all their wood is this "decent" or I got lucky. Coated it a few times with paint stripper and sanded as I went to get that factory shit off.
Went with a gunstock color stain and lightly rubbed in two coats. The wood was surprisingly tight and I ended up finish sanding with only 220grit. There are some rough spots but I wasn't really going for a presentation heirloom, just wanted it to be better than it started. Had planned on using True Oil finish but ended up using their gunstock wax. Turned out way better than I had expected using this method.
Once I got it outside I realized how light the stain actually was but I'm still happy with the results. Deserves a better photoshoot one of these days but for now the finished project.
