Thread: Remington 788 Restoration

Originally Posted by ebf

Abe, when you sand/polish barrels, what grit do you normally go up to ?

1200 if going to blue, but in no expert in that side my results are mix an match so I job that out mate to save me the hair pulling hassle

Originally Posted by Spanners

Talking about wood, got a bunch of rimu from the house renos that would be big enough to make a stock. Got some matai too. If you want to score some let me know and come get it before someone chops it up for firewood

Must be I'll, coz I can't believe I am passing on free wood. But I've got wet Tassie Blackwood all over, and some Rewa Rewa and Matai arriving on Tue, so no storage Agree with VC about Rimu being too soft for a stock.

Originally Posted by tui_man2

1200 if going to blue

Ta abe, still some minor scratches, round 2 of the sanding tomorrow

All done and back together Sling studs and limbsaver installed.

When I sanded the stock, I cleared out a bit of material so that the barrel does not touch anywhere.