Refinished my kentucky
 

Finished this up a couple days ago. Right now i am just applying one coat per day of original oil finish and slowly letting it build up to the gloss that i want. I love being able to feel the wood grain, i got sick of the plastic cheap feel of tru-oil. This should keep me happy for a long while. I am going to apply another thin coat of oil and rub that in. I can feel/see the finish building up, just have to decide when to stop.
I am going to refinish the barrel later on.

RE: Refinished my kentucky
 

Looking good Devil. Really nice wood on that one.

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Yep Gander, that rifle looks real nice.

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Really neat looking wood.

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I noticed the stocks length.....Is that a style of the old days and if so what was its purpose for the extra length

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Very pretty. Nice job.

Bob

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Looks like a CVA Kentucky rifle. I built one from a kit back in 1976 in percussion. That fall I killed my first black powder deer with it, a fine seven pointer. I had a lot of fun with that old rifle.

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Hunting with a flintlock is evenmore fun than peeing off the porch.

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NICE JOB!!! love how the grain looks

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Coming along nicely MD.

Working on a kentucky
 

That looks great. Is that a birch stock? From what I've read, birch is tricky to work with when it comes to staining and oiling without blotching. My Grandfather recently dug up and gave me an untouched 1976 CVA Kentucky Rifle Kit. I am in the process of building it, but I'm unsure of which route I will take when I am ready to put a finish on it. I have a birch stock that does have some nice patterns in the wood that I would like to make stand out. Any pointers?