My Buttstock Quandry

[Peter Laidler]

That's the stuff............... When I was at my boarding school I put a handfull of the stuff in the main block header tank and for the next hour, the hot water taps spewed out purple water. The sinks looked like the aftermath from a pontifical high mass! Of course, my hands had a slight purple tinge to them which I thought had doomed me to a slippering from the House Master or Chemistry teacher. However, fate looked kindly on me because everyone at the school who had used the hot water, including the staff also had a purple tinge too......... and not only on their hands from what I later learned

[Brian Dick]

Chestnut Ridge military stock stain will give you an original Savage stain look. It has a reddish tint to it. It's alcohol base and works well on old oiled military woodwork. Just clean the woodwork with ammonia, rinse with water, dry and paint it on to taste. Then treat the wood with RLO as normal. Google them and order it direct. They're located in PA I think.

[Morning Wood]

Thank you gentlemen, Today's project was staining the wood. I'm pretty happy with the final result. I found that Cabot Cherry produced a an effect similar to the Savage hue. I wish the forestock had gone a little darker, and the top front HG is brand new and was dyed with that dark stuff Peter mentioned. It was deep and I couldn't get it all out, but I'm happy with the outcome. A coat of BLO is all that I need to be finished.

[me2]

Morning Wood, was your Savage aquired in bubba'd/sporter form?

[Morning Wood]

Morning Wood, was your Savage aquired in bubba'd/sporter form?

Yep. Typical bubba hack job. These forearms are getting hard to find too.