Customizing your rifle stock can help extend the life of your weapon.
Hunting and shooting are sporting traditions in many families. The adrenaline rush of making a kill in the field is only possible by knowing your weapon intimately. This familiarity is only possible with practice. Shooting your rifle and carrying it in the field will scratch, end eventually fade the stock. Painting your stock will renew the protection while you try various patterns so that you can find the custom paint job that works for you.
Instructions
1. Strip the rifle stock and prepare it for paint by rubbing it with sandpaper. Rub from end to end in long strokes along the stock. Do not sand the rifle seating area on the inside of the stock. Wipe the stock clean with a dry cloth.
2. Cover the rifle seating area on the inside of the stock and all metal parts on the wood. Rip the tape even with the seating area or metal attachment. Lay the rifle stock on the drop cloth either outside or in a well-ventilated room. Pour 4 inches of paint thinner into the coffee can.
3. Cover the exposed rifle stock with brown enamel paint. Paint from one end of the stock to the other with long strokes that follow the grain of the wood. Allow the paint to dry, flip the stock and cover the opposite side with brown paint. Allow the paint to dry completely while you clean your paint brush with paint thinner. Scrub the bristles with your wire brush to dislodge any stubborn paint.
4. Dab the green paint over the brown in splotches. Skip around and try not to make a discernible pattern. Clean your brush while the blotches dry. Flip the stock and place random green blotches along the stock. Clean your brush while the stock dries completely.
5. Paint vertical lines of black onto both sides of the stock. Place the black paint in jagged lines against the grain of the wood of the stock. Avoid making a pattern. Clean your brush after each side. Allow each side to dry completely before continuing.
6. Paint the entire stock with clear polyurethane. Brush on a thick coat and allow it to dry, flip the stock and cover the opposite side. Clean your brush completely and store it for the next project. Remove the tape from the stock and reassemble your rifle.
