First try at painting a stock

MileHighShooter

I started by sanding like crazy,  priming, screwing up,  sanding,  priming,  screwing up again....but I finally got 3 good coats of primer on it. 

Started with brown hi temp paint (not as matte, may need to repaint) asv the base coat. Then khaki and a little black on top of burlap wrap from the craft section. 

Going to let it sit for a few days before deciding if I want to redo it with a more matte brown. But pending that's good,  I will matte clear coat. Maybe that'll take a little sheen off the brown.  

MileHighShooter

Fisheadgib

I think it looks pretty good.

MileHighShooter

Thanks! 

I also added texture to the grip. I put on several thick layers quicky, then used my hand after it started drying to make it all rippled. Taped it off and sanded the rest/primed/painted

MileHighShooter

CHIRO1989

That'll do. What are you going to sneak up on with it?

MileHighShooter

That's the MPI stock for my 25-06. So, goats and deer. 

terminator012

Nice.

Fisheadgib

MileHighShooter said:

A little tip for the next time you want to texture an area is to  mask the area around it and use "wrinkle paint". I've done entire stocks with it and it works great.

Uncle Fester

Fisheadgib said:

MileHighShooter said:

A little tip for the next time you want to texture an area is to  mask the area around it and use "wrinkle paint". I've done entire stocks with it and it works great.

I would think painting over athletic tape might give him a nice texture on the grip.

bellcat

Good hustle! Fun to do those kind of projects. What action goes in it?

neosam

Nice work! Had good results using krylon type paints before.

bisley

Looks good. I would probably have painted the grip smooth (like the rest of the stock) and then added some strips of grip tape, but it probably would not have looked better.

MileHighShooter

bellcat said:

Good hustle! Fun to do those kind of projects. What action goes in it?

Winchester M70, push fed in 25-06. Gun has already been bedded to this stock, so once I get the clear coats finished I can start load development in the next week or so. It shot pretty dang good with Federal Fusion 120 gr last fall, and that was with the cheap factory tupper-ware, so I'm pretty confident in a stable platform it'll do even better

MileHighShooter

MileHighShooter

Almost finished product!

MileHighShooter

Twisted Barrel in Douglas,  WY. They had a special going,  I think it was 25 or 30 bucks.  I had 2 done.  The other bolt is going in my 270 when it gets magnumized (532 bolt, easier to swap bolts than opening up)

MileHighShooter

They had a pretty quick turn around, I believe it was less than 2 weeks. I just got the basic twist pattern, but they have a ton. It does make a slight sound going over the follower, but not bad. Just an interesting noise. I haven't tried it with cartridges, I can't imagine that'll make any extra noise. The weight reduction was very minor, but, I think it looks cool

MileHighShooter

I'm pretty sure they do bolt handles too. The list of stuff they do for Rem is larger than anything else