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2rangers
02-05-2005, 18:53
Lastly, here's a pic of my 10/22. Nothing fancy, just removed barrel band, cut and reprofiled stock, free floated barrel, headspaced bolt( thanks for the tip, Caj.), and a recoil buffer made from a nylon bolt trimmed to fit. Oh, and sanded, restained and finished the stock w/ tru-oil. Haven't shot it yet since all the mod's. was a 1" rifle@ 50 yds. before. Hope it's better now. :sniper:
cajungeo
02-08-2005, 19:06
It should shoot better with the work you've done. You can make it shoot even better after doing a trigger job, and bed the stock. Nice stock refinish job!
2rangers
02-08-2005, 20:30
Originally posted by cajungeo@Feb 8 2005, 06:06 PM
It should shoot better with the work you've done. You can make it shoot even better after doing a trigger job, and bed the stock. Nice stock refinish job!
cajun-
For some reason, I thought it was walnut(must be the varnish ruger used). To my surprise, my stock was oak!! Have you seen this before?? :sniper:
Coyote
02-09-2005, 09:04
For some reason, I thought it was walnut(must be the varnish ruger used). To my surprise, my stock was oak!! Have you seen this before??

I have ran into the same thing. One stock will be walnut and the other will be birch/oak.I think the difference will be in the age of the gun - not that walnut turns to birch/oak as the gun get older -but the earlier 10/22 being walnut and the later models being birch/oak. :blink:
cajungeo
02-09-2005, 17:31
I thought they were birch wood. Birch is a softer hardwood. Oak is very hard. As a matter of fact I grew up in a 100 year old house ( No it wasn't a hundred years ago either!) The house had an oak frame. My dad added on a laundry room, and had to drill holes in the studs to drive nails in as the oak was so hard he couldn't drive nails in it. Oak seems to get much harder after it's seasoned.
2rangers
02-09-2005, 17:34
Originally posted by cajungeo@Feb 9 2005, 04:31 PM
I thought they were birch wood?
Cajun-
This was def. oak, red oak to be specific. I used a very light stain when refinishing. The flash from the camera makes it look a little lighter than it is .(washed out) :sniper: