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Posted: 1/30/2006 6:33:07 PM EDT
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I dont know about the field grade but if you do anything to the HRA you have pictured you will alter a new condition rifle stock and handguards. It will seriously devalue your rifle.
Dont put any chemicals on it. Just heat it up by leaving in the sun, or shooting it on a summer day at the range. Have a towel ready to wipe the stock with, as a little oil may seep out of the grain. If you want to refinish the field grade stock use the formbys/ minwax furniture refinisher and then apply a few coats of boiled linseed oil. The furniture refinisher will not harm the stocks color badly and wont hurt the metal either. |
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Posted: 1/30/2006 7:30:14 PM EDT
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Leave it alone, rub only with BLO. That is a nice rifle. I just got a GK Collector, used BLO only.
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Posted: 1/31/2006 5:00:43 AM EDT
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What's the TE and MW?
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Posted: 1/31/2006 5:32:16 AM EDT
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+1 I'd leave the correct or collector grades alone. If you want to restify something, I'd stick with mixmaster service grades or lower Blitz |
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Posted: 1/31/2006 6:54:29 AM EDT
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Looks pretty darn nice to me.
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Posted: 1/31/2006 8:44:53 AM EDT
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Thanks for the advice and compliments. The finish on the hand guards is a bit more dull than the rest of the stock (possibly different type of wood?). If anything, I might give those a linseed oil (or tung oil?) rubdown in an attempt to get them to match a little better. Rest assured, I don't plan on stripping any of the wood on this one.
As for TE and MW, I don't have any gauges to check that with at the moment. I'll post the condition if and when I ever buy some gauges. The wood on the field grade SA that I received at the same time is pretty ugly in comparison to the correct grade. That's the one that I would like to refinish, but I'm in no hurry to do anything of the sort just yet. |
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Posted: 1/31/2006 8:49:46 AM EDT
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Your wife will knock your head if you get cosmoline on that carpet.
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Posted: 1/31/2006 9:28:13 AM EDT
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Go to surplusrifles.com. They have an article on the removal of cosmoline.
You take a metal gabage can, lay it on its side, mount 4 lights on the topside in side the can, put a rack on the bottom to keep the stock of the bottom, turn on lights, put syock on rack, close lid and walk away for a few hours. Cosmo comes out. Read the article. now if only my rifle ould come in, it's been only a week and a half. I am already going nuts from the wait.
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Posted: 1/31/2006 10:03:31 AM EDT
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Not anymore! I gave up the wife so I could have a corvette, ducati, kawasaki, bulldogs, and more guns than I can shoot and clean in one day. Oh, I almost forgot, and a NON-livein girlfriend that likes all of the above! |
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Posted: 1/31/2006 1:49:14 PM EDT
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Thanks for the insight here. My SA field grade is a Greek return that has a serial number on the underside of the stock, on the top right side (covered by the receiver), and inside the forend portion on a label with words like Skytte & Kampviser, along with "HTK" and what appears to be windage and elevation information for 300 meters followed by "Klik". All that (useless info?) said, is this stock just a run of the mill beat up Greek stock that is "safe" to attempt to refinish, or is it prudent to leave it as is and learn to like the looks of it? Sorry for all the rookie questions, these are my first two Garands and I'm still waiting on a few Scott Duff publications to arrive that will hopefully answer most of my future questions. Thanks in advance! |
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Posted: 1/31/2006 3:36:49 PM EDT
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Can you post more pics of the HRA correct? What was the TE/MW?
Scott |
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Posted: 1/31/2006 3:57:49 PM EDT
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I don't have any gauges to check TE or MW at the moment. I'll try to remember to order some gauges the next time I buy some accessories. Just when I thought I had everything I needed... As for pictures, I've posted all I have taken so far. If there are any particular views you'd like to see, let me know and I'll try to post some more in the next day or so. |
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Posted: 1/31/2006 4:28:09 PM EDT
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I have used a product called Purple Power on 3 Garands that came from the CMP on both the wood and the metal. I mix it about 2 parts HOT water to 1 part Purple Power and let them soak for a couple of hours. It will put the cosmo right to the surface on the stock. Then I use a soft bristle brush to gently scrub the surface of the wood and rinse with hot water.
Some of the smaller parts of the trigger mechanism, etc. go to soak in a gallon can of carburetor parts cleaner. When the wood is dry, it gets a light sanding to drop the grain, a steaming to raise the dents/dings, another light sanding and then rubbed with boiled linseed oil. I would not do that to the correct's stock...that would get denatured alcohol and some gentle scrubbing. It may not be perfect but it certainly works. |
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Posted: 1/31/2006 6:38:49 PM EDT
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The TE/MW should be on the data sheet that came with the rifle. The data sheet is inside the buttstock. Scott |
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Posted: 1/31/2006 8:25:29 PM EDT
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The news flash is that the CMP is not above swapping a part or stock during inspection or the creation of a Correct rifle. The HRA was probably force matched but no one will ever know it, Who cares! You have great HRA with correct looking wood and beater SA to shoot. Of all the places Garands went before getting to the CMP, Denmark was one of them. Skytte & Kampviser does not look like Greek to me. It sounds like wood from a woodless Dane that got slapped together at the CMP. It is a replacement stock for the original SA any way. No loss of collectable there. Fix it up. I do recommend getting some $20.00 beater stocks to experiment with. If you ever have a thought about messing with the HRA stock PM me and I will talk you out of it. No purple power or stripper. It is possible to clean and maintain it without those things. To avoid a long post go join this forum and fill up before doing. p102.ezboard.com/fparallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforumsfrm34 JR |
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Posted: 2/2/2006 5:14:23 AM EDT
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Scott
The TE/MW should be on the data sheet that came with the rifle. The data sheet is inside the buttstock. Scott I double checked inside the buttstock (empty) and the paperwork in the enclosed plastic bag. Unless I'm overlooking the obvious, I don't see anything stating the TE/MW. |
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Posted: 2/2/2006 6:25:46 AM EDT
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Interesting. I don't know what to say. Maybe look under the foam in the box? |
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Posted: 2/2/2006 10:19:25 AM EDT
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I looked there too, guess I'll have to climb down off the wallet to buy some gauges. |
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