stock refinish... less brown, more red

[goo]

i been trying to get a salty looking redish tint to my bm59 stock,
the CMP stock i finished on top is too brown not enough like vintage usgi (below).
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so i thought i'd try some of this stuff (red oak), about 5 bucks at the hardware store,
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i stripped off the 'girly man' hi gloss finish on my bm59,
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see how brown the handguard is compared to the stained bm stock (in progress),
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usgi stock and bm stock, which ain't done yet.
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i think it will come out pretty close to a salty usgi redish brown,
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also, i thought the cmp scout scope mount was a bitt too glossy, so i dulled it.it matches the rifle metal pretty well now
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the 'white' part is just due the the flash reflection...
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oh yeah,
have a good friday and a happy easter!
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semper fi...
goo

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