Beautiful! It looks like it's in great shape! Do you shoot it often?
I don't buy guns to sit a look at them. I buy then to shoot. I know a few M1 owners are never shoot their M1's and I shake my head at that. They have seen combat..they are supposed to be taken to the range and shot.
I think of my Grandpa, Great Uncle and all those of the Greatest Generation, when I shoot my M1.
That's purdy!! What'd you do? PTO w/mineral spirits? 0000 steel wool between coats?This is my carbine in a CMP stock with PTO and top coat of paste wax:
Sounds like you did what most have done to refinish theirs, although I have heard some use steel wool between each coat to knock down the fibers that get lifted by the liquid. One site recomended beeswax to protect the final finish.If I remember right... I did buff it lightly with steel wool when I was done to knock the shine down a bit and then buffed it with the paste wax to give it that final "satin finish" I was looking for.
Sounds like you did what most have done to refinish theirs, although I have heard some use steel wool between each coat to knock down the fibers that get lifted by the liquid. One site recomended beeswax to protect the final finish.
The new CMP stocks apparently come from Dupage Trading Co.. Dupage gets them from Boyd's, and reprofiles and finishes them with "a light oil". I wish I knew what oil they use. You're really not suppose to use Tung Oil on top of any other finishing product. But if folks are having good results with Tung Oil...
Who are all the M1 Garand people here? I just got mine a month ago and LOVE it! I've been shooting the surplus Greek ammo at Atterbury and it's great!