Pics for the Hakim project (finally)

Work has sucked of late, so haven't been able to do anything with the site, finally uploading the pics of my projects to date.


Pre-work shots of the rifle:

That 191 painted onto the stock took me three hours to remove by scrubbing with Denatured Alcohol.

The finish was beat to hell on the rifle, reminded me of most of the Mosins I get.

Wasn't sure if this was a cartouche or a dent; figured I'd leave it alone either way as it would be impossible to steam out.

Yet another damned number painted onto the stock. Note the huge gouges in the wood, when I redo this rifle again I'm going to try and steam them out as much as possible. 

More of the damage to the finish and wood, the rifle looked like it'd been used as a boat anchor. There was some sort of grease in the entire gas system, but piston won't turn to screw out of the gas tap so I can't actually remove it at this point.


Shots of the refinishing process to come. Apparently reached the end of the allowable post.