Hey guys!
I’ve got a Kibler’s Southern Mountain coming with a curly cherry stock, and am currently deeply investigating finishes. For the wood, I am going to leave it “au naturel” with just a traditional oil based finished so that the sun’s rays may darken it over time.
But I’m having a time deciding what the metal should be finished with. I am investigating some patina options to give it a “French Gray” or otherwise patina’d “in the white” look but am also very interested in possible browning all metal on the rifle (it is iron mounted).
Now I have seen and own a caplock with “light” browning. But I have seen darker shades of browning used on rifles that looks more like this:
I used to briefly own a TVM rifle with this shade of dark browning. It almost starts to look like rust bluing but I am pretty sure it isn’t.
Can any builders out there recommend a way to achieve this “dark” sort of browning look? I think it might look really nice with a natural cherry wood stock. Thanks all!
-Smokey
I’ve got a Kibler’s Southern Mountain coming with a curly cherry stock, and am currently deeply investigating finishes. For the wood, I am going to leave it “au naturel” with just a traditional oil based finished so that the sun’s rays may darken it over time.
But I’m having a time deciding what the metal should be finished with. I am investigating some patina options to give it a “French Gray” or otherwise patina’d “in the white” look but am also very interested in possible browning all metal on the rifle (it is iron mounted).
Now I have seen and own a caplock with “light” browning. But I have seen darker shades of browning used on rifles that looks more like this:
I used to briefly own a TVM rifle with this shade of dark browning. It almost starts to look like rust bluing but I am pretty sure it isn’t.
Can any builders out there recommend a way to achieve this “dark” sort of browning look? I think it might look really nice with a natural cherry wood stock. Thanks all!
-Smokey