8 hours of scrubbing

[Hookeye]

To end up w this

 

[Hookeye]

From this

 

[NHT3]

Looks like more than 8 hours to me, nice job.

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[Tyler-The-Piker]

Dont you love when people put in their ad "rattle can/custom paint job easily removed..."
Pffft! never "easily"!
Looks good hookeye

 

[1775usmarine]

Looks like you missed a spot.

 

[Hookeye]

Was literally 8 solid hours of acetone and paper towels.
But that 8hrs was over two days, three intervals.

Some staining of plastic, could shoot flat black and make it look like new.
Am sick of working on it.

MKII all weather. Dunno year made.
Older model, "boat paddle" stocks seem to be rather desirable these days.

.308 win.

Recoil supposed to be stout w factory pad. Pachmayr made a Decelerator 01736, since stock obsolete, so is pad.
Sims had one as well, but dropped that part # 10010. Now they have 10011 and can call for adapter plate for free (so I read on the interwebs).
Adds a half inch to LOP.

I dont care for the look of the sims either.

Already had a couple folks asking me if the rifle was for sale (other forums).
Guess in Alaska and other wet/rainy/cold places this is one they want.

If it shoots I might do a trigger job and flat black the stock.

Ruger rings............SUCK.
Tops are over centerline by design. They are hand contoured and the halving line can vary.
So tops can be specific to bottom, and in orientation.

Of course, Leupold made a nice stainless ring, halves to center.
Discontinued. Need mediums.

Also, Ruger rings must be machined w some springiness to them, because they tend to mark a scope at outer top half edges.
A few passes w a file can really reduce the snap over and sharpness.

Most folks don't know that and just bolt em up and think everything is cool.
And for them maybe it is.

But this Trijicon got ring marks. Needlessly.
Kinda neat scope. Needs moved back (is in original position due to ring marks).
If I can clean those up a little, will move it back a smidge.

More work.

For a truck gun. LOL

FWIW this is the last gun I buy that needs any depainting or stock work.
Done done done.

Figure though, now that its cleaned up, might be worth a bit more than I have in it.

 

[OneBadV8]

dang, that looks really good though. Well done sir

 

[Hookeye]

Looks like you missed a spot.

Eh will cover it w deer or yote blood.

 

[marvin02]

Nice job. Can't tell if you are patient, determined, or obsessed.

 

[Clay Pigeon]

Another three hours and it would have been a Remington 700...

 

[Hkindiana]

Am I the only one that thinks it looked better BEFORE the eight hours of scrubbing?

 

[deerslayer512]

Looks great! Shame someone painted over a beautiful all-weather M77. Something about stainless bolt guns is just right!

 

[patience0830]

Looks great! Shame someone painted over a beautiful all-weather M77. Something about stainless bolt guns is just right!

Dang, dude. Your taste is all in your mouth.

 

[1775usmarine]

Am I the only one that thinks it looked better BEFORE the eight hours of scrubbing?

I thought it looked great both ways

 

[Hookeye]

The M77 all weather was never a looker imho.
And maybe camo is better on such a pig.

But I dont like camo. May be tolerable on some stocks, but not the metal.

I changed my camo stock out. And will on my 1100 magnun w factory camo.

Rather go solid color. The splatter on HS sto ks is about as much color/ pattern i want anymore.

Not really a fan of stainless for color. Am for durability. Silver scopes make me puke.

 

[Hookeye]

BTW, this is a rather sought after rifle
Max value would be in orig color.
Taking that paint off, not kidding, upped the value proly 200 bucks or more

 

[1775usmarine]

200 for 8hrs of work not a bad thing.

 

[traderjoe]

Because of the value of the base rifle, it was worth the effort.

I'm not a fan of the rattle can finish and will never again buy one just because it was a good deal.

There is no easy way to clean off paint except for the way you did it.

It just isn't worth my time and effort.

 

[MrSmitty]

I like the after pictures....why, oh why would someone do that?

 

[Hookeye]

Hmmm, may have to up my cleaning rate LOL
These rigs fetching a bit more than expected.
Esp the short actions (even non ultralight).
Try to get out and shoot it this weekend.....got some 150's to try.

Haven't shot my #1 in .280 rem yet either.

Yeeesh