This is another little rifle that I rescued from the used and abused rack at one of my favorite gun shops. It is a "Porch" rifle! We share coffee and a sunrise together almost every morning hoping Mr. Yote will grace us with his presence in the front yard.
This rifle has also served duty as the prerequisite varmint rifle while hunting a ranch in TX. This last season one of my hunting budding borrowed this rifle to dispatch various TX vermin. While this rifle was in his possession he had slung the rifle over his shoulder and went on his way. Little beknownst to him the suspenders he was wearing was carving deep gashes into the stock's left side.
When he returned to camp that night he was beside himself just about peeing down one leg apologizing, and showing me what had happened!
The left side of the stock adjacent to the ejection port looked as if you'd taken a pocket knife and gouged deep slicing marks into the stock. After my initial inspection of the rifle's damage, without saying a word I reached into my pocket for my Boker 4 blade pocket knife and offered it to my friend and asked him if wanted to go ahead and do the other side to make it match? We both started laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes!
It's all good!
I have provided pics of the restoration for you to see. This is the first laminated stock I had undertaken for restoration and I learned a few tricks along the way.
This rifle has also served duty as the prerequisite varmint rifle while hunting a ranch in TX. This last season one of my hunting budding borrowed this rifle to dispatch various TX vermin. While this rifle was in his possession he had slung the rifle over his shoulder and went on his way. Little beknownst to him the suspenders he was wearing was carving deep gashes into the stock's left side.
When he returned to camp that night he was beside himself just about peeing down one leg apologizing, and showing me what had happened!
The left side of the stock adjacent to the ejection port looked as if you'd taken a pocket knife and gouged deep slicing marks into the stock. After my initial inspection of the rifle's damage, without saying a word I reached into my pocket for my Boker 4 blade pocket knife and offered it to my friend and asked him if wanted to go ahead and do the other side to make it match? We both started laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes!
It's all good!
I have provided pics of the restoration for you to see. This is the first laminated stock I had undertaken for restoration and I learned a few tricks along the way.
