About a year or two ago I picked up a SAR3. Thing has been very reliable, fun to shoot, dead nuts on out to 300 yards.


Butt ugly. I like wood, not the black that it came as. I just never got around to doing anything about it.





Well, the shop has been dead. Very dead. Every since I moved into the fixed location it has been dead. I currently have a 4700 sq ft game room so I can play on the computer. So I figured it was time to spend some time on the butt ugly SAR.


So I tore it down.



Stripped the wood.






Sanded it down a bit with some 220 grit.



And applied some Tung Oil.





Now I have 24 hours of letting it set and it gets another coat of the Tung Oil. I think I could have spent a bit more time on the buttstock though. It came out a bit dark. Some of the varnish from before the rattle can didn't get pulled out with the paint thinner. Ah well, it is supposed to be in the trash can so not a big deal.