Recent 91/30 from Duffy's Gun Room

iH8DemLibz · Apr 9, 2014

Their 91/30's clean up real nice.

1938 Tula on a 1937 receiver.

Matching bayonet and a bright and shiny bore too.

Formby's finish remover easily took off Ivan's red shellac attack.

The final finish is a natural tone Danish Oil.

Need to find another sling for it though. This one is too new and maybe a reproduction.

Dave91 · Apr 9, 2014

The new sling does match the newly refinished rifle well. What made you want to strip it?

vinjet700 · Apr 9, 2014

Nice.....

iH8DemLibz · Apr 9, 2014

Dave91 said:
The new sling does match the newly refinished rifle well. What made you want to strip it?

I've never been a big fan of that red finish because it wasn't applied really well. Un-like the Russian SKS's which had nice finished. They just wanted to get something on the wood during the re-furb. I've held many non-refurbed rifles and none of them had the shellac on them. Originally, Mosin's came out of the factory with a natural finish on the stocks. Much nicer in my opinion. And the stock required zero sanding. Just a green scrubby pad using mineral spirits after the Formby's.

BigCity · Apr 9, 2014

If I brought mine over could you do it too? :innocent0

Boom Boom · Apr 9, 2014

Very nice work. Stunning compared to the typical paintbrushed-on shellac applied during refurb.

I haven't bothered refinishing any of mine. One thing I do that greatly helps the look of refurbs is to use my fingernail or a piece of flexible plastic to carefully remove the shellac from the stock's metal work.

iH8DemLibz · Apr 9, 2014

Boom Boom said:
Very nice work. Stunning compared to the typical paintbrushed-on shellac applied during refurb.

I haven't bothered refinishing any of mine. One thing I do that greatly helps the look of refurbs is to use my fingernail or a piece of flexible plastic to carefully remove the shellac from the stock's metal work.

Thank you.

If that paint is too heavy and won't flake off, the Formby's will work without harming the blued finish.

Dave91 · Apr 9, 2014

iH8DemLibz said:
I've never been a big fan of that red finish because it wasn't applied really well. Un-like the Russian SKS's which had nice finished. They just wanted to get something on the wood during the re-furb. I've held many non-refurbed rifles and none of them had the shellac on them. Originally, Mosin's came out of the factory with a natural finish on the stocks. Much nicer in my opinion. And the stock required zero sanding. Just a green scrubby pad using mineral spirits after the Formby's.

The original finish was shellac, but it quickly wore off and just left the oily finish you see on the non-refurbs. I've seen people strip the stocks then lightly stain and apply an oil finish. That can turn out very nice.

Alphabrew · Apr 9, 2014

What does "1938 Tula on a 1937 receiver" mean?

Very nice, I need to get myself to Duffy's soon! :thumbsup:

Sirex · Apr 9, 2014

Looks nice

protegeV · Apr 9, 2014

Man, ya really did a number on that thing. I seen the rack at Duffys. I was scurred, never saw the potential :ohnoes:

AssMan · Apr 9, 2014

Dave91 · Apr 9, 2014

Alphabrew said:
What does "1938 Tula on a 1937 receiver" mean?

Very nice, I need to get myself to Duffy's soon!

Receiver was made in 1937 but wasn't barreled until 1938. I have one like that, it's not too uncommon.

iH8DemLibz · Apr 10, 2014

Dave91 said:
Receiver was made in 1937 but wasn't barreled until 1938. I have one like that, it's not too uncommon.

^^^^^THIS^^^^^

What's nice, is breaking a hex down and finding a pre-98 tang stamp.

why2kmax · Apr 10, 2014

which formbys did you use the Furniture refinisher or the paint and poly remover? I might try that with one of my T53s. The stock isnt as nice as the others so it might be worth experimenting on to see how it comes out

RRHemi · Apr 10, 2014

Very nice!

iH8DemLibz · Apr 10, 2014

why2kmax said:
which formbys did you use the Furniture refinisher or the paint and poly remover? I might try that with one of my T53s. The stock isnt as nice as the others so it might be worth experimenting on to see how it comes out

It took off that red shellac in about 10 minutes.

The pads pictured are what I used with mineral spirits after all of the Formby's and old finish was removed.

Keep the pads really wet and rinse often in the spirits.

Let dry for 24 hours. Then apply the natural tone Danish Oil. (Lowe's)

why2kmax · Apr 11, 2014

excellent info, thanks IH8DL

Machodoc · Apr 12, 2014

There's even a picture of ol' bubba hisself on the can!

I tried so hard not to comment on this. We need to take you to a thrift shop and get you some other kind of furniture to strip down and refinish.

iH8DemLibz · Apr 12, 2014

Machodoc said:
There's even a picture of bubba hisself on the can!

I tried so hard not to comment on this. We need to take you to a thrift shop and get you some other kind of furniture to strip down and refinish.

I dun tolya an tolya, Iain'ta hav'in no red sheelac on mu gunz.

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