usmc0332 Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 I fixed the pics. I believe they work now. I got it all together and it looks great. I used those cotton makeup pads to apply the bluing to the barrel and receiver. The harder I rubbed them the more brilliant the bluing became. I couldn't be more happy with the job. I am an 'I did it myself' kind of guy. I have a friend that will be hot bluing a batch of guns soon, but I had to do it myself(and I couldn't wait). But all of this was the cheap part. I have about $100 into it so far. $80 gun, $12 bluing, $6 can of BLO. The rest will require about $150 for mounts, rings, scope, front non-detach swivel from Brownells, bits and taps from the same, and sling. I wish I was on a Leopold budget. While the bluing was sitting in oil, I rubbed on a mix of 1/3 BLO, 2/3 semigloss minwax poly. 2 coats of that really improved the stocks looks. http://photobucket.com/albums/a20/usmc0332...=bluedTurk1.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/a20/usmc0332...=bluedTurk2.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/a20/usmc0332...=bluedturk3.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/a20/usmc0332...=bluedTurk4.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/a20/usmc0332...=bluedTurk5.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/a20/usmc0332...=bluedTurk6.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorgansBoss Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Can't open the pic but I'm glad everything turned out for you. If at first you don't succeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustybore Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 That is the best job I have seen on a military stock. The blueing turned out great. Can't believe it isn't a hot blue job. Great work. Kevin in Or. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoedoh Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Feels good doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 That's a great job on the blue and stock Jason,and if that rifle was in the rack at Cabela's,it would have been the first one I'd of picked up.I've got to take another look at some of the military stocks I've got and see if I can do what you did.I will copy the forend!!! Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiris Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Really nice job on the Turk. I'm sure you're proud of your effort and you managed to get a great dark blue from a cold blue application. I know first hand it takes a lot of elbow grease to get good results like that. Spiris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manureman Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Very nice work,glad to see things going your way. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorgansBoss Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 The only thing I'd caution you on now that you've been successful is that cold blues tend to go bad if gotten real wet. If you hunt in the rain you may have yet another disappointment in store.... I can here you from here - "Now he tells me!" Not to worry though. Now that you know what to do, if it gets too hokey just strip her down and re-do it! Actually its not all that bad, but they just aren't as durable as a hot blue job... but then we don't expect them to be do we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest corelock Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 That rifle looks like it came out of my gun cabinet. I also inlet diamonds of maple in hole in the rear of the stock and added a recoil pad. Even has the palm sweal. I wish I had a pic of it handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorgansBoss Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Alright! Now I can open it. Looks good Beau. I just got back from a store run and on the way home was thinking about starting a thread on re-styled stocks. Maybe I don't have to... You did a nice job on this one. As corelock mentioned the stock disc, I added a cheek piece on one side and inletted the (cut-off) head of a cartridge of the appropriate caliber on the other side to hide the hole on two such projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc0332 Posted December 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Thank you for the compliments, and the tips. I like the idea of inletting a cartridge head into the stock. Yea, I am HOOKED. I was perusing the rack at Dunhams for another Turk. I saw one that was telling me it wants to become a Tweed. It is a 1935 Ankara in nice shape. Having had trouble when I was first attempting to blue this one makes me appreciate it all the more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doble Troble Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 My first Twede is my most accurate rifle (muah ha ha). When I built it new surplus Swede barrels were plentiful, I'm not sure that thats true now. Hopefully there's a source out there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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