A pal of mine liked to refurbish rifles. Not professional, just for fun as he enjoyed making guns look nice and hopefully shoot better. After a few stocks refinished he decided he wanted to get a kit and try his own checkering. I'll add the photos, of before and after. I think he did a cracking job. He just watched a few tutorials and went at it slowly. Rifle was a original 35 ok ish condition that shot well for what it was. After his work on internals and his stock work. He got the rifle off of me cheaply. I now want it back lol. Maybe something to try your hands at. By something cheap and just have a go.
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