From left to right: PTR-91, German 1944 Kar 98k, Mosin Nagant, Chinese Type 56 SKS, Romanian Wasr-10/63 and a DPMS 14.5 (with permanent brake pinned) AR-15
I love those Type 56. I re-did the shellac on a buddy's (who was absolutely dumb and used a pressure washer to remove the cosmo, which not only didn't remove the cosmo well at all but also royally messed up the wood).
It looked pretty good when I was done. I used Ruby Red shellac flakes so the color is wrong for a ChiCom stock but it still looks great:
No reason to mess with mine, I just cleaned out the cosmo, baked in it the oven for a while, and cleaned up the metal with some Howard Feed N' Wax. I love it, shoots wonderfully as well. Great rifle to introduce people to firing a semi-auto rifle.
This is what you wanna use. I think slant eye wood is correct with the Orange/Amber shellac flakes but Garnet might look good, too, esp if you have an earlier serial number, which it looks like you might.
Get the denatured alcohol, brushes, and filters from them, too.
I'd recommend practicing first on some other lumber to get the process down. It took me a bit and I had to put on a few coats before sanding almost all of it off and then applying a final coat.
But based on the photo of yours, I wouldn't mess with it.
I got mega lucky with that 98. It was sporterized vet bring back, they basically cut the stock up but left the barrel action intact with no mods and bought it for 150. I sourced some original 98K furniture and some metal parts and remilitarized it with little effort.
From left to right: PTR-91, German 1944 Kar 98k, Mosin Nagant, Chinese Type 56 SKS, Romanian Wasr-10/63 and a DPMS 14.5 (with permanent brake pinned) AR-15
I love those Type 56. I re-did the shellac on a buddy's (who was absolutely dumb and used a pressure washer to remove the cosmo, which not only didn't remove the cosmo well at all but also royally messed up the wood).
It looked pretty good when I was done. I used Ruby Red shellac flakes so the color is wrong for a ChiCom stock but it still looks great:
https://i.imgur.com/JcKHaek.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xBfI0if.jpg
Mine is a "Ghost" Type 56, with a serial number before 200k: https://i.imgur.com/bsU6llp.jpg. It even has a rear sight with the Russian arshini units on it.
No reason to mess with mine, I just cleaned out the cosmo, baked in it the oven for a while, and cleaned up the metal with some Howard Feed N' Wax. I love it, shoots wonderfully as well. Great rifle to introduce people to firing a semi-auto rifle.
Yeah mine needs shellac redone as well. But its good for now.
Well, if you ever get into it: https://www.shellac.net/dewaxed_shellac.html
This is what you wanna use. I think slant eye wood is correct with the Orange/Amber shellac flakes but Garnet might look good, too, esp if you have an earlier serial number, which it looks like you might.
Get the denatured alcohol, brushes, and filters from them, too.
I'd recommend practicing first on some other lumber to get the process down. It took me a bit and I had to put on a few coats before sanding almost all of it off and then applying a final coat.
But based on the photo of yours, I wouldn't mess with it.
When I come back from deployment I will do that, thanks man.
I got mega lucky with that 98. It was sporterized vet bring back, they basically cut the stock up but left the barrel action intact with no mods and bought it for 150. I sourced some original 98K furniture and some metal parts and remilitarized it with little effort.
My friend got lucky as fuck and found a German K98 from 1936 all matching numbers. Been trying to buy it from him for quite sometime.
That's freaking sweet.