newbod

I have the same model. And it's up for sale. It's going for £250 in north Hampshire near Guildford. If anyone is interested I will send pics etc...

I have a rizzini E side plate, OU, single trigger ejector 12G you can have for £200 plus the cost of RFD. If your interested I'll send pics, wood is all in good condition and no putting in the barrels. I'll even throw in the case I use for it too.

It'll have to be another day mate, I'm off shooting 7.62 target rifles that weekend, but ill keep my eyes open.

yeah thats the plan, last time i was there they had just dug up the trap placements, been out of the game a few weeks though, should be there either this coming wednesday or the week after though, see how far they have got.

haha yeah, thats only if it stops letting out broken clays, been there since they put up the steel structure on that stand? and started working on the skeet shoot?

It sure is.

I'm gutted i didn't get here sooner. I've been up in Farnborough for a while and out of the hundreds of farmers doors i have knocked on i still haven't gained a single permission, mostly its because they are ran by a syndicate. got close with one huge estate, owner saw no reason why i couldn't shoot on his estate, but it was ran by an old gun who believed only privileged guns with a traditional background should be allowed to help with (what i saw to be) 100's of pigeons on nearly every field. Ended up having to travel back to the south coast every time i wanted some time in a hide, other than that i shoot every week at a clay ground in Bramley. I know you said your full up, but I'm insured and certified, I'm on your doorstep, and I'm usually available most of the time, especially wednesday afternoon and weekends. own guns, no decoy kit but i find it more fun to use what you can find/shoot. Cheers.

yup, have been rubbing it down with 1200 wet and dry between coats, got tired of it when i did the last coat and didnt rub it down as the finish looked pretty good, now im having to rub it down even more to make up for the bits i didnt with the last coat. the worst problem with this is if i have any drips or runs, they're a bitch to rub down!

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Bit of an update, been busy this week! Finally stripped everything off and started to stain the wood. the butt had a hint of red in the wood, so i used a mahogony stain on it, and a red mahogony stain on the fore end, one i had got them as close as my eye could tell i started with the tru oil, its coming up very nicely, i want a really glossy finish, so i reckon about 6-7 more coats of tru oil before i start putting her back together.

Lol, you figured all that out by "newbod" impressive... Will have to ask in the morning

Couple of before and after pictures. after the first stripping process. This was using the B&Q own brand. Instructions on the bottle said to apply and leave for one hour, then apply another coat and leave until it dries, and scrape off. left it for Roughly 3 hours before i cleaned it all off. would it make more of a difference if i left it for say 5 hours? there wasnt much change between 2-3 hours.

Stripped old faithful down this morning ready to get started. Went online after hearing about all the different stripping agents, nitromorse seems to be the biggest brand, but the B&Q stripper seems to have the best reviews, always used after nitromorse fails (and like everything with this gun, its CHEAP!), also stole some of the wife's nail polish remover so i can give that a crack along with B&Q's own brand. When you say neutralize, do you mean slight sand, and wipe down with water. Or am i going to need another agent to neutralize the acidic value? so fairly stiff toothbrush for the chequering, extremely fine wet and dry for everything else. I also watched a "do it yourself video" on youtube, when it came to staining, the guy used two different shades, something like tobacco brown, and an lighter amber colour, it really gave the grain some pop, worth doing? or will the tru oil give the same sort of finish? And again back to the action, its in pretty good condition for what it is, its machine engraved, sideplate so its quite large, but is there anything i can do other than autosol and elbow grease to give it a new lease of life? Cheers for all the help, awesome wealth of knowledge on this forum!

Yup oil finish it is, i always get confused between wax finish and oil finish. when you say acetone, do you mean just good old nail polish remover? put it on a rag and rub it on the stock until its bare?

ok sounds good, nitromors, wire wool, wet and dry, sand stain seal... Any ideas on the action? im guessing autosol and elbow grease will get a tiny result. but I'm not expecting miracles.