Air Arms Owners Club

My Tx 200 has a beach stock that needs a bit of TLC,
it has a few marks in the varnish/oil finish, what is
it that's on the stock so I can repair the marks ???

My beech prosport has a varnish finish or laquer unlike the walnut stocks that are unsealled and can be oiled, personly i like the varnish finish as its more weather resistant, i think you would have to sand and revarnish the hole stock or try a paint stripper to remove the varnish

I threatened to copy this in the last forum so I could just paste instead of re-typing this, breath in, calm, breath out, still calm, here go`s
DO NOT, REPEAT DO NOT refinish a gunstock unless you are sure you can
a- strip it completely & evenly
b- confidently remove any dings, chips, scratches & dents by sanding scraping or steaming
c- refinish it in the colour/finish you desire completely & evenly

members tried it on the previous forum with varying degrees of success, even when they thought they`d succeeded, some ultimately turned to spraycoat of various finishes to cover up their hard work after deciding it wasn`t what they wanted.
it is a very difficult job, made more so with chequering & very easy to make a complete hash of.
I`d put up with all but the worst damage until I could afford a professional refinish, & although I`m by no means a French polisher of any kind, I have worked with all kinds of timber & finishes for more than 30 years.
there, said it, again!

roadrunner wrote:My beech prosport has a varnish finish or laquer unlike the walnut stocks that are unsealled and can be oiled, personly i like the varnish finish as its more weather resistant, i think you would have to sand and revarnish the hole stock or try a paint stripper to remove the varnish

I am with you on this topic, walnut is beautiful and indeed traditional but, lacquered finishes are far easier to look after and Indeed more robust in the first place... polish the furniture but, just shoot the gun!

I actually find the walnut stocks very practical. I don't mind the odd little ding, and use Philips Enlish walnut oil every so often. The stock looks better with age and you don't have the lacquer finish to worry about...

The AA walnut stocks usually look great....

Each to their own, I have much respect for the opinion but, I would rather be shooting than polishing

How about creating a full grain leather cover for the stock. These can look really nice. I'm working on one for my s410. I might do one for my own tx too. I'll post picks when it's done.