What would be the best way to refinish the wood on my Rossi 92. Do I need to dismount the wooden parts to work on them? How would I go about that?

For some reason when I got it the forearm was worn looking and I guess natural. The stock was the typical dark, dark brown. I would be happy with a medium to dark walnut, but mainly just having both pieces match.

Thanks,

Patrick

Patrick,

You'll most definitely want to disassemble your rifle for stock refinishing! It isn't difficult, and I've included a link beow to the exploded view schematic of your Rossi 92.

GuNuts.com Rossi 92 (http://www.gunuts.com/view.php?view=details&model_id=61&type=2)

For best results refinishing, you might consider also stripping the butstock as well, then using the same stain and finishing technique on both the forearm and butstock then they will match nicely. Otherwise, trying to match an existing stain/finish might prove very frustrating. In doing this kind of work, I've found that MinWax stain products work very well on both the South American and Asiatic hardwoods that are typically stained to resemble walnut.

Hope this helps you out. Hey, if you get a chance let us see your handiwork when you're finished.

God bless,

Thanks Marshall!

I've only used oil-based stain. Is there any difference between using that versus gel stain? You have any recommendations about what to use to strip the old stain, or would any paint/stain stripper work?

What about sealers, would satin polyurethane be good, or does a simple coat of tung oil do the job?

Thanks again,

Patrick

Thanks Marshall!

I've only used oil-based stain. Is there any difference between using that versus gel stain? You have any recommendations about what to use to strip the old stain, or would any paint/stain stripper work?

What about sealers, would satin polyurethane be good, or does a simple coat of tung oil do the job?

Thanks again,

Patrick

This one of the Rossi's with the dull dark finish...no older than 4 or 5 years?

Whatever that finish is, it's dull and mostly laying on top of the wood...it strips off easily. In fact, a solvent soaked rag rubbed well usaully gets 95% of it off.

Not to tell you what to use...ALL of the fast evaporting solvents are easy to set yourself on fire with...but the stuff that evaporates quickly doesn't tend to penetrate deeply, so there is less chance of driving the finish into the wood. Whatever the stuff was on the one I re-did, acetone took it off quickly.

Cleaned of the "gunk", the wood was pretty good...not Walnut, but some RainForest hard wood.

This one of the Rossi's with the dull dark finish...no older than 4 or 5 years?




Well it certainly has the dark finish, but I have no idea how old it is. Is there anyway to tell? I've been to the RossiUSA site and they don't even have the lever guns on their website. It is stamped "Interarms SRC" on the receiver.

Thanks!

Patrick

P.S. -- It seems that the wood underneath the finish isn't always matched. The forearm wood turned out to be very light, like a white wood here. The butt stock was a light creamy brown. This will be very interesting to try to match. SO far the butt stock after being restained is a slightly lighter shade of dark brown and the forearm is darkening, no with 3 coats. Tomorrow I'll check to see how they are after it has dried. I think my only recourse will be to settle for them being "kind of" matched and finding a matched pair later on... Oh well.