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Old 01-31-2017, 05:27 PM   #1
SteveP
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Default Hatsan Striker stock mods..

Grumpy asked so I thought I'd copy the thread over here and since for now there's no dedicated place for gun mods, I figured I'd put it in the Hatsan section.
Been reading up on refinishing Beech stocks as re-doing one of my Striker stocks has been a little itch in the back of my head, then when several people said "Hey, try Watco Danish Oil, I think you'll like it" and saw pints of it at Wally World for $7.97 I bought pint of the Medium Walnut, a couple cans of stripper (I agreed to refinish another members' Hatsan Model 95 stock if it ever gets here) and got started.
Not sure what they use to spray coat these things at Hatsan but it took me stripping it twice to finally get all of it off (my 95 stock was once and done) then went to town sanding. Took some pics with intent to write this post and the more I looked at them, the bigger the itch got to get rid of the goofy looking tear drop shapes the Striker stocks have on them, soooo...out came the files, an orbital sander (a first for me and a gun stock, normally do everything by hand) and a dremel.
Mind you, this is a first attempt for me at trying anything to do with shaping a stock or changing the lines of one, but I'm happy with how it turned out and at least to me looks better than how they normally come from Hatsan.
Here's the first few pics from start, to stripped to shaped...
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