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boomer KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 73 Location: PA Joined: Jun 18^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: Krag Sporter Reply #15 - Aug 23^rd, 2018 at 12:22pm	Print Post
	butlersrangers wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2018 at 1:35am: It is OK to use a wood stain to match the new hand-guard's color to your old stock, before applying linseed oil. Otherwise, it is unlikely the wood components will look good together. Springfield Armory stained stocks and hand-guards with a "Log Wood" stain mixture well into the 1920's. The practice was discontinued as an economy move. The stain gave the Springfield American black walnut stocks their nice reddish-brown color. Thanks for that info. I wasn't aware that Springfield had used stain.


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boomer KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 73 Location: PA Joined: Jun 18^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: Krag Sporter Reply #16 - Sep 4^th, 2018 at 7:26pm	Print Post
	I've had some house renovations going on, which my other half insists is more important than the hand-guard, so I couldn't get to it as soon as I wanted. I finally got to it today, and managed to get a fairly close match on the finish - much closer than the hand-guard that came off. [Edit/Add] I thought about trying log-wood just to be 'authentic' but decided to take the easy way out. A few of the stains that I wanted to try were out of stock/no longer available. I wound up using 'Military Stock Stain' (with a hint of red) from Chestnut Ridge Supply. I will continue feeding it Flaxseed oil until it stops taking it.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Krag Sporter Reply #17 - Sep 4^th, 2018 at 7:38pm	Print Post
	Handy rifle - Looking nice!


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carbon outlaw KCA Forum Member Offline carbon outlaw Posts: 209 Joined: Jul 4^th, 2014	Re: Krag Sporter Reply #18 - Sep 5^th, 2018 at 9:39pm	Print Post
	nice riffle ... I think it would be fun to shoot with that pacific sight ... also you do fantastic photos !!!


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boomer KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 73 Location: PA Joined: Jun 18^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: Krag Sporter Reply #19 - Sep 7^th, 2018 at 4:22pm	Print Post
	It is fun to shoot - even my wife likes shooting this one. Whenever possible, I try to post decent photo's --- it's much easier for me than coming up with a thousand words.


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