Refinished stock on a Chinese type 56 SKS

[klp5353]

Greetings,

In an attempt to satisfy my inner Bubba, I decided to refinish a horribly ugly stock on a Chinese Type 56 SKS. This was a while back, and I got the SKS for like $200 from Classic Firearms. I decided to try to replicate the red shellac that the Russian guns have. Here are the end results and some before photos.



And some before photos:



I can almost smell the cosmoline looking at those pictures. Sadly this rifle is no longer mine, as I traded it away.

[Bob_The_Student]

One question did the stock match the gun?

Great outside photo you posted.

You did a good job on the stock.

[klp5353]

No, the stock didn't match. I did really like the way it turned out.

A guy wanted to trade for it, and I ended up doing a straight trade for a Egyptian Hakim.

I think I did alright, though the Hakim is nowhere near as fun to shoot as an SKS.

[carls sks]

nice job, looking good.

[Bob_The_Student]

No, the stock didn't match. I did really like the way it turned out.

A guy wanted to trade for it, and I ended up doing a straight trade for a Egyptian Hakim.

I think I did alright, though the Hakim is nowhere near as fun to shoot as an SKS.

Hell yeah you did alright, IMO.  Hakims are a blast.

[Greasemonkey]

I love the pair of Hakim's I have... Like shooting a really loud railroad tie with little recoil.

[Larry D.]

As nice as that looks, nobody will ever believe that it came from Sweaty Ben.

[Phosphorus32]

A guy wanted to trade for it, and I ended up doing a straight trade for a Egyptian Hakim.

I think I did alright, though the Hakim is nowhere near as fun to shoot as an SKS.

Seems like Hakims are going for around $800 these days, so yeah, I’d say you did alright 

[echo83]

The cosmoline photos definitely take me back, mine was absolutely plastered, too.

That stock is beautiful...can you take us through the process?

[Greasemonkey]

Greetings,

I can almost smell the cosmoline looking at those pictures. Sadly this rifle is no longer mine, as I traded it away.

You did save the cosmoline... thats like doe in heat to some of us....

Looks................looked pretty good.