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Gun Building and Repair / Woodsrunner Number Two
« Last post by RobD on Today at 06:06:08 AM »I took receipt of another Woodsrunner late last year (I think - time has a way of playing tricks on me at my "advanced" age). This one is cherry wood stocked and in a .45 bore. The wood is as boring plain Jane as they come, all straight grained with no curl or stripe or bling of any kind. Anyhoo, the kit went together lickety split, no issues as expected with a Kibler kit.
So now it's in the finishing stage, which is a good thing since this is the ONLY muzzleloader I have and I'd sure like to enter the TMA Postal Match this year. I acquired some cherry wood samples from Katherine Kibler and did some tests with iron nitrate (Horrible! turned the wood deep black!) and lye (Easy Off Oven Cleaner) that seemed to spoltch the wood a lot. So to heck with it all and after sanding to 320 grit and raising and lowering the grain I went and used tried and true Tru-Oil as the finish, directly on the bare wood. Cherry will darken "over time" and that might take years, which is okay by me, something for my Grandson to appreciate, I hope.
Three more oil coats to go and she should be ready to test by next week
So now it's in the finishing stage, which is a good thing since this is the ONLY muzzleloader I have and I'd sure like to enter the TMA Postal Match this year. I acquired some cherry wood samples from Katherine Kibler and did some tests with iron nitrate (Horrible! turned the wood deep black!) and lye (Easy Off Oven Cleaner) that seemed to spoltch the wood a lot. So to heck with it all and after sanding to 320 grit and raising and lowering the grain I went and used tried and true Tru-Oil as the finish, directly on the bare wood. Cherry will darken "over time" and that might take years, which is okay by me, something for my Grandson to appreciate, I hope.
Three more oil coats to go and she should be ready to test by next week