Mosin nagant m-44 stock finish

[Islas82]

So I picked up a M44 from a friend the other day, unfortunately he thought it would be a good idea to spray paint the stock black and now I would like to remove the paint and refinish it. Any advice on how I should do it safely? Obviously I dont care too much for the original finish since I will be redoing it, just some advice on how to remove the paint.

thanks

 

[SniperWolf6mm]

WOW I did the same shit when I bought mine when I was 18...I'm still mad at myself for doing that

Ended up buying an original off ebay...

 

[Bolo]

Can't be exceptionally different than doing an M1 Garand or M1 Carbine stock... full disassembly, paint stripper, wash (with hot water), dry and refinish.
I admit there are some pretty extreme-sounding techniques, but they do work. I even had to put my carbine stock in the dishwasher to get all the oil and grease out.
Old-school hardwood stocks are pretty forgiving... not even any bedding to worry about.
garandgear.com and m1-garand-rifle.com have nice pictorial guides.

 

[Islas82]

Can't be exceptionally different than doing an M1 Garand or M1 Carbine stock... full disassembly, paint stripper, wash (with hot water), dry and refinish.
I admit there are some pretty extreme-sounding techniques, but they do work. I even had to put my carbine stock in the dishwasher to get all the oil and grease out.
Old-school hardwood stocks are pretty forgiving... not even any bedding to worry about.
garandgear.com and m1-garand-rifle.com have nice pictorial guides.

Yes sir, I did just that minus the dishwasher. Stock is nicely refinished now drying in the garage. Thank you.

 

[Ledzep]

Shellac was the original finish if you're interested in recreating it. Tung oil & boiled linseed oil are/were popular for the timeframe, too, and don't flake/scratch like Shellac/varnish. BLO will darken the wood, tung oil is a little better about keeping blondes blonde.

 

[Rookie]

Stripped that ugly orange shalak off my M44. Tried to go back with linseed oil but the wood was too hard to take it so I camo painted it.

 

[Rookie]

BTW the M44 is quite accurate and stupid fun to shoot.

 

[Islas82]

Stripped that ugly orange shalak off my M44. Tried to go back with linseed oil but the wood was too hard to take it so I camo painted it.View attachment 7339965View attachment 7339966View attachment 7339967View attachment 7339968View attachment 7339969

That turned out really nice