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Offline nemovir

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Keeping rifle in the white
« on: December 31, 2019, 11:07:47 PM »
I had my Kibler .32 smr for several month now.  Nothing wrong with it, but it is so long and awkward.  It's light, but I shake when I try to it shoot offhand.  Been dryfiring only since and believe I gotten used to it. I haven't finish it yet, but I want to fire it.
Is it ok to shoot it in the white?  I don't mean a few times, but multiple times.   ???  Even though I have the chemicals to finish, I have gotten used to it being in the white.  thinking about keeping that way.

 
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Offline smylee grouch

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2019, 11:20:50 PM »
I have 1 or 2 that I have fired a couple thousand times in the white or as they say in the patina.  ;D
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Offline Mike_StL

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2020, 01:39:02 AM »
Agree with Smylee..  I have a rifle that I left the barrel in the white.  My Bess is still with a shiny barrel.  Most military guns were left highly polished.
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Offline MuskratMike

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2020, 02:13:41 AM »
Mine has Jim's aging patina solution on it. Love the look, go ahead and shoot it as is but you will love the look of the aged look.
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Offline nemovir

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2020, 02:23:20 AM »
I meant leaving the stock unfinished as well as the barrel.
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Online Eric Krewson

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2020, 03:16:12 AM »
Leave the stock unfinished and it will look about as pretty and old hoe handle out in the barn after a year or so plus it will have a lot of soot and patching lube inbedded in the wood from your dirty hands. It will also soak up water like a sponge and be hard to dry out.
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Offline D. Taylor Sapergia

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2020, 04:01:12 AM »
Finish the wood...leave the metal bright, if that's turns you on.  But finish the wood.  Good lord.

I left the barrel and lock of my Chambers Virginia 'amoury bright', and the barrel has acquired a nice grey patina.  We don't have high humidity to deal with out her on the left coast, so rust is not an issue.  Out here, a rusty gun is seriously neglected.

But the wood needs to be sealed , and finished.
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Offline Bigmon

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2020, 04:07:10 AM »
It's yours isn't it?  Do what ever ya want to with it. You mentioned it is long, cut some off of it. It's yours.
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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2020, 01:55:03 PM »
D. Taylor...But the wood needs to be sealed , and finished.

Yup.  If you don't seal that wood....well, seal the wood.
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Offline smokinbuck

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2020, 05:05:35 PM »
We had a gentleman that shot with us for 20 years, shot a Hawken style rifle that he built. Never finished the wood or metal, even mounted the barrel to the stock with hat looked like a whole roll of "masking tape". Looked like pure $#*! but he out shot us a lot of times.
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Offline flinchrocket

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2020, 07:14:39 PM »
To me, finishing the wood is the fun part of building a rifle,that's when the wood really shows its beauty. I can't even imagine not finishing one.
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Offline little joe

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2020, 07:50:53 PM »
Kebler uses pretty good wood. Why would you want not want to bring out the bueaty of the wood. If you need advice on some nice finish, ask.
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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2020, 12:21:03 AM »
Life's too short to shoot/hunt with an ugly gun.  Finish that stock so it'll look like it's supposed to.
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Offline nemovir

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2020, 07:47:18 AM »
Fine, will finish it.  Got a question, been watching Kibler’s serie of YouTube videos.  I had bought the iron nitrate and Parmalyn sealer along with the rifle, but I notice he used Tried and True oil varnish.  Is this necessary, he doesn’t sell it on his site?
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Offline WadePatton

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Re: Keeping rifle in the white
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2020, 05:30:15 PM »
Quote from: Nemovir on January 02, 2020, 07:47:18 AM
Fine, will finish it.  Got a question, been watching Kibler’s serie of YouTube videos.  I had bought the iron nitrate and Parmalyn sealer along with the rifle, but I notice he used Tried and True oil varnish.  Is this necessary, he doesn’t sell it on his site?

There are dozens of good ways to finish a gunstock, and 10 dozen threads on it.  Here's the last one: https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=57490.0
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