Quote Originally Posted by J-ROD View Post
Sorry to hear your rifle was sanded...a huge turnoff by many collectors.

As for your finish, by series 6, Nagoya could no longer get the superior Chinese Urushi lacquer to finish rifle stocks and switched to Japaneseicon urushi. That is why you see early rifles with a deep reddish color and later rifles seem faded.
Yea sanded is not great but it definitely looks a lot better now that I took off what ever the last guy put on it. It is a good shooter though and I enjoy taking it to the range. Plus I paid nothing for it. So I can't complain.