Remington 514 project rifle.

[Candyman]

Here's the little 514 I picked up for $30. The stock looked like crap and the barrel wes bent.










While I was on the look for a replacement barrel, I started working on the stock.
At first I thought that I would find some nice Walnut under the old finish, but it was Beech with a bad spot on the left side of the forearm. I think that just a little too much bug spray got on it.






It cleaned up pertty good after a light sanding, but had a few stains that went pertty deep into the wood.









To help hide the stains in the wood and to make it look more like Walnut, I went with Chestnut Ridge Military Stock Stain. It's an alcohol base stain and works great on hard wood stock when you want to get some color.



Here it is after I stained it and applied a few coats of BLO.





Then a wax top coat was applied.





I found a barrel at Lee's Gun Parts in TX. for $35.
So for just under $80 and a little work, I am pertty happy with this little rifle.





I did have to make a repair to the butt plate. It was chipped and dirty.







I cleaned it up.





I used masking tape to make a dam to hold the Acraglas in place.






I then dressed it up with hand files and my belt sander.






I would have to say that it turned out nice.

[Fivetoes]

Had one as a youth, nice safe gun for a boy to head over the hill with and spend an afternoon. The way the barrel was bent I am surprised the receiver wasn't damaged.

[Precision]

another beautiful restoration. Even the GF took notice.

Well done.

[SoupOrMan]

That is some beautiful work there. The rebuild of the buttplate with Acraglas really impressed me. It looks more like a scuffed part of the original plate than a repair.

[Flintlock Tom]

The stock looked like crap and the barrel was bent.

Some famous guy said:
"Any technology, sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable from Magic."

Or to paraphrase:

"Firearms restoring skill, sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable from Magic."