Duckman91 Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I have a nikko 5000 ii that has laquered woodwork which I would like to oil. but before I try that I wanted to do a cheap scrapper to practise first. phoned up my gun shop and they had a single 12 gauge cooey 84 it's the pre 1967 before Winchester bought them out. boy is it rough not a bit of blue left and the wood is battered but walnut and it's been laquered bore is clean and it shoots fine I took it to my perm on my way back from the shop to try it il post some more pics of when it's stripped ect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman91 Posted August 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 First coat of boiled linseed oil applied after stripping with varnish remover, sanding and rubbing with fine wire wool. A few of the marks are very deep and I didn't want to remove to much wood by sanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman91 Posted August 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 The action on the gun is badly corroded. What it the best way to tackle this. Should I polish it with autosol or wire wool it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Depends on how you want to restore it. If you want it to look clean but honest for its age wire wool and some white spirit, or the brass or steel brush in your dremel will take some crud off. However if you want it to be polished to a high sheen mirror like finish autosol and your buffing wheel will get you there. The original finish was probably case colours form the colour case hardening. Was that from the skipton gun room? i went to his old premises and i rated it highly, but when we were last there he was just going to look into some new premises. Single barrels are probably the most capable and under rated guns there are. Good luck with your restoration, keep us posted mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman91 Posted August 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 yea it was from there. it's good because he is very local to me and yes he has moved to new premises in an industrial estate. I think I will jus wire wool it to clean it up. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 We took a little road trip to go there a year ago or so, as a young lad sometimes we get funny looks when we go into gun shops which is very off putting and does not inspire you to spend money, it was a breath of fresh air to have someone who was genuinely interested. We had a nice time and thought a lot of the shop. Keep up posted with the resto, the wood looks like its going to clean up nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman91 Posted August 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 I have found that too mate as I'm only 22 when I first went in there I was looking at shotguns but I didn't have my cert with me and he was a little off with me so I went else where but I now know that it's the norm in some places that they won't even unlock the guns without seeing a cert first so since then I have always went back to him for most stuff and he has been nice as pie. il keep you posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 The practice stock is only relivent if its the same wood as the 2nd stock. Beech and walnut are very different things to finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman91 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I've built the gun again and I have decided to leave the patena on the action and it's not worth me rebluing the barrel as the gun is worth next to nothing. here it ischeers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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