About 7 years ago my dad had purchased a kit online for a flintlock rifle. I believe it is a Pennsylvania long rifle. He and I had worked on it on and off for a few years. He and I were able to get the rifle firing.
He ended up passing away back in September and I have been trying really hard to complete the rifle. So I have finished pretty much all of the inletting. I’m not at the finishing stages. I just need to sand, stain, and seal the stock along with finishing all of the metal.
So what are your techniques for sanding and sealing? Also what stain should I get? I know my dad would have preferred a darker stain. The stock is a curly maple. I know he spent a fair amount extra for a higher quality stock.
The furniture is all brass. There are a few spots where the would was damaged over the years. The one of biggest concern is one of the holes where the barrel is pinned to the stock. The pin must not have lined up right and punched a chunk out of the stock. I had heard of people mixing the sanded wood with epoxy and filling it in so it stains the same color. Would that really work or would it just be glaringly obvious?
He had also mentioned of a chemical compound that could be put on the barrel and the lock and then place in the oven and it would make the metal look older.
I am just. trying to make the rifle what he would’ve wanted it to be
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He ended up passing away back in September and I have been trying really hard to complete the rifle. So I have finished pretty much all of the inletting. I’m not at the finishing stages. I just need to sand, stain, and seal the stock along with finishing all of the metal.
So what are your techniques for sanding and sealing? Also what stain should I get? I know my dad would have preferred a darker stain. The stock is a curly maple. I know he spent a fair amount extra for a higher quality stock.
He had also mentioned of a chemical compound that could be put on the barrel and the lock and then place in the oven and it would make the metal look older.
I am just. trying to make the rifle what he would’ve wanted it to be
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