fixing a blemish in my gun stock?

RustyOlRanger4x4 · 05-01-2004, 06:21 PM

i went out shooting today and made a mistake of letting a buddy shoot my prized 30-06 and i diddent pay enough attention to his rest. ok ill explain the gun then the problem. its a new remington 7400 semi auto 30-06 it has the hardwood stock i think its walnut but i cant remember but up till now its been my prize posession and ive taken very very good care of it makeing sure i diddent get any scratches on it or anything if you cant tell i LOVE this gun. But today when my friend shot it it rubbed up agenst his tool box when it kicked and on the pistol grip part of the stock theres some "decorative" black paint on the bottom with clear coat over it and it scratched the clear off and scuffed up the black its probably not something most people would notice but it really really bothers me and id like to try and fix it as best as i can i dont have a digi. cam. or id post a picture but if anyone can give me some tips on at least maby making the blemish look better id really really appriciate it. thanks,sean

bigbulls · 05-01-2004, 06:41 PM

From the clear cote part of your post I am assuming that you have the high gloss finish on your rifle rather than the satin finish?

The black grip cap is just a plastic cap. There is really nothing that you can do about it to return it to original condition. The only thing I would suggest is to carefully cut around the edge of the cap (where it goes from the horizontal to vertical) with a very sharp razor blade and then carefully chip off the rest of the finish from the cap. Lightly sand to remove any blemishes.

Personally I would leave it alone.

RustyOlRanger4x4 · 05-01-2004, 06:51 PM

yes high gloss and you got me looking i diddent even notice that was plastic i thought it was just black paint any reccomendations on some sort of clear coat?

its really not terrible but id atleast like to touch up the clear coat so it looks better to me thanks, sean

Ruger-Redhawk · 05-01-2004, 07:09 PM

Try to clean it up the best you can then leave it alone.Chances are no matter what you do it will still be seen short of refinishing the complete stock.These things happen.Something you'll just have to learn to live with.Without seeing it I don't think there will be a easy fix.If you use anything sooner or later it will get marked.Contact Remington and see if they have the clear coat available for touching up.I doubt if they do but it's worth a call.It's probably a polyurathane(sp?)of some sort.I'm with bigbulls and would leave it alone instead of making it worse.Like the old saying: If it works don't fix it.
Ruger Redhawk

RustyOlRanger4x4 · 05-01-2004, 07:38 PM

thats probably what ill do but i was just hopeing there was something i could do thanks,sean

Briman · 05-01-2004, 08:34 PM

If its polyurethane. you will make it look worse unless you refinish the entire stock piece. I would just leave it alone and call it the rifle's first "character mark".