Henry Frontier stock refinish

[JEBar]

welcome to our forum .... very nicely done .... thanks for posting your pictures and comments .... do hope you will feel free to join ongoing conversations; as well as, to start more of your own .... be sure to follow the link below to where you may add your Henry to our forum's total and if/when your collection grows to come back and add them as well


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[Mr. Neutron]

I then did a very light golden pecan stain/sealer then multiple coats of very thin rubbed in Birchwood Casey True Oil. The beautiful walnut grain now shows thru.

Sorry, somehow I missed this detail in your first post, danall. I could not agree with you more. Both stocks look beautiful, but the walnut/stain/Tru-Oil combo really does Zing! Thanks for sharing those pics!

[Redthies]

I agree 100% on the factory finish on the Henry rimfires. My SGC had zero character to the wood, as the urethane is tinted so dark, it almost looks like plastic. I used paint stripper and a LOT of effort to remove the urethane. My finish (seen below with my .357 before it got modded) was 4 coats of linseed oil sanded in. I stripped the paint off the receiver cover and barrel band too.

[jstanfield103]

That looks really nice. Very good work.