Finally got all the birch stock bits and found time to fix 'em up
I love birch stocks and finally am going to put a set on a garand of mine. It's going onto an IHC refurb build I'm doing.
The handguards came off e-bay, though the rear HG was stained almost walnut color. Had to strip it with acetone and then bathe it in TSP to get it back to natural birch color - it's a good match now. The buttstock was off another auction site advertised as a Walnut stock and was dirty and beat up. I steamed most of the bad dents out and it now has that "used but not abused" look to it.
I think it'll look good on the rifle once I get the barrel spun on
The handguards came off e-bay, though the rear HG was stained almost walnut color. Had to strip it with acetone and then bathe it in TSP to get it back to natural birch color - it's a good match now. The buttstock was off another auction site advertised as a Walnut stock and was dirty and beat up. I steamed most of the bad dents out and it now has that "used but not abused" look to it.
I think it'll look good on the rifle once I get the barrel spun on
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