9422 Stock refinished

[geobru]

I just picked up a 9422 built in 1972 that has been well used. The metal is marred, but not too bad. The wood was dented, scuffed and gouged and needed some attention. I used Zip Strip to clean off the finish, a wet wash cloth and an iron to steam out the dents in the wood, 0000 steel wool to take off the raised grain, True Oil was used to fill the grain and provide the finish, followed by several applications of Stock Sheen and Conditioner. The gouge was fixed with a scraper followed up with light sanding to shape the contour of the forearm. None of the dents were sanded, only steamed to raise the grain.

This is what the gouge looked like before the repair


This is the finished look.


These pics show the pre-finish dings and dents that came out with steam.
These dents were the deepest, but came out nicely.


This is the finished product

[geobru]

These are pics of the finished work.



All in all I think it looks ok. I didn't want to do much to the wood other than to smooth out the gouge and pull out the dings and dents. I didn't try to get all of the imperfections in the wood out because the metal isn't perfect either. I cleaned it up to make a good shooter.

Mission accomplished!!

[gamekeeper]

Mission accomplished and some.. Nice job!....

[FatJackDurham]

It looks redder. Did you use a stain? Nice finish. I am taking notes.....

[Borregos]

Looks great, well done

[AJMD429]

Amazing wood finish restoration...!

[RIHMFIRE]

excellent work!

[Model 52B]

I think you did a pretty good job of capturing the lighter/blonder coloring common in that era. Here's a 2000 Trapper Carbine above a 1978 XTR:

[Pete44ru]

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Thanks for posting pics of your tour de' force on stock restoration & finishing, geobru - GREAT job ! !



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[geobru]

It looks redder. Did you use a stain? Nice finish. I am taking notes.....

I didn't use any stain, just True Oil.

Walnut has a wide range of colors in it. Stain colors the wood and makes the colors more uniform. I like to see the natural colors in wood and don't mind the darker with the light. I will say that I was a little disappointed that there wasn't much movement in the grain of the butt stock after finishing because the wood for the stock was sawn flat grained.

I learned a lot with this stock. Namely that before you put any sandpaper on a stock you had better use steam to at least try to smooth out the dents. There is one dent in the forearm that broke the wood fibers and it wouldn't come out, and the worst dent on the stock was on the right side of the wrist, which left only a slight dimple in the finish. I could have smoothed them out by sanding, but reasoned that the metal isn't perfect, so some imperfections in the wood just add character.

[geobru]

I think you did a pretty good job of capturing the lighter/blonder coloring common in that era.

Some of the pics were taken outside with a bright sun and are a little over exposed making the wood appear a bit lighter than it is. It is definitely lighter than the newer 9422's are. I think that Winchester used the old red stain on the newer guns. I repaired a gouge for a friend on his 9422 and had to add stain to match the color of the stock.

[Washita]

How did you fix the gouge in the forend? I have a Martini with a similar gouge & would like to do the same. Thanks in advance!

[geobru]

How did you fix the gouge in the forend? I have a Martini with a similar gouge & would like to do the same. Thanks in advance!

I used a punch out panel from an electrical box to use as a scraper. One side of the metal has a sharp edge to it. I put that edge right up to the drop off where the barral band sits, and scraped from that drop off to the end of the forearm. Each time, shaving a little bit of wood off. Once it was 90% cleaned up, I used a fine grit sandpaper to smooth it the rest of the way and reform the forearm contours. I didn't have to remove a whole lot of wood. I think it only took 8 to 10 passes with the scraper. I thought that if I started with sandpaper I would take too much wood across a larger area than necessary. It worked like a charm!