Stock Cleaning Find

[Conductor]

While I wait to acquire an appropriate stock set for my late 1940 Garand, I decided to clean the muck off of the one that it's wearing now, a visibly marked RIA FK cartouche on a wartime Springfield stock. Using a 50/50 mix of mineral spirits and teak oil, 0000 steel wool, and a towel, I managed to uncover what was hiding beneath the gunk. This SA NFR and ordnance wheel are now somewhat visible, no longer hidden beneath. I'm very pleased with how well this stock cleaned up.

 

[STFU]

Nice find!

 

[JeepHammer]

Gun oil, skin oil & crud...
Skin oil & crud on metal is bad, but it sure preserves wood!
If you didn't know those stamps were there, that was a LOT of crud!

Good on you for restoring the old girl!

 

[Thor]

Nice find...sitting right there all the time.

 

[Conductor]

Gun oil, skin oil & crud...
Skin oil & crud on metal is bad, but it sure preserves wood!
If you didn't know those stamps were there, that was a LOT of crud!

Good on you for restoring the old girl!

If you looked under a direct LED light at an angle, you could ghost what was a dark circle that ended up being the ordnance wheel. Holding it out in the sun, you couldn't tell it was there at all. I'll save this one for when I get a late war Garand, if it comes with an incorrect stock that isn't an untouched rebuuld, as I have a GHS inspected stock coming from Paul Goedde. The cartouche is worn off, but you can probably see why I was fine with that, since its still correct for my rifle. Still with the long channel and small lower buttplate screw hole.

 

[red_zr24x4]

That's some pretty wood on that stock