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I recently bought two those 53 rifles for $89 each. Other than the stocks being beat to hell they're really in good shape. No real rust or pitting... they were cosmoline filled.
The stocks are really bad... one has about 8% finish left and one has shallow splintering. I'm going to sand both stocks down and probably just clearcoat finish them. Purists say leave them alone.. I say I dont want splinters or for my stocks to rot away. Plus they dont have any interesting marks... so no big loss.
Anyways here's the "before" pics
The stocks are really bad... one has about 8% finish left and one has shallow splintering. I'm going to sand both stocks down and probably just clearcoat finish them. Purists say leave them alone.. I say I dont want splinters or for my stocks to rot away. Plus they dont have any interesting marks... so no big loss.
Anyways here's the "before" pics


