Restoration Project

[Lee85 44]

Hi people, basically i've got hold of my uncle's ye olde Webley Osprey .22 air rifle, it's definatley seen better days but he just has it up at his alotment for vermin but isn't happy with how it's shooting and it's looks so i've offered to take it to mine and give it a spruce up, I've already stripped it and oiled it in all the general places but theres some rust on the barrel and other places that need attention, here are some pics of the beauty:

 

 

This is my first restoration project so I have a few questions:

 

Is emery cloth ok to rub down the rust? - If not what should I use (any makes/brands?)

Is it okay to rub down the stock with a very light grade of sandpaper to get a key to varnish over?

Can anyone reccomend me a nice varnish to redo the stock with?

 

Cheers!

Edited May 31, 2010 by Lee85

[Lee85 44]

I'm quite looking forward to diong this and I gave away a Relum Tornado on here to someone - should of done it myself

[slingshot82 32]

The rust looks pretty bad on the barrel mate, I would start using a bit of light oil and some wire wool, It really depends how far you want to go. Do you want to re blue the action? Or are you just going to clean it up as best you can? As for the stock, I would take it back to the bare wood, paint stripper then various grades of wet and dry until the colouring has gone. Rub down again with fine wet and dry, then go over it with wire wool. Personally I would re stain the stock and then oil it. Looks better than varnish IMO, and easier to get a good finish.

All the best with the restoration buddy

 

Kyle

[Marksman 934]

if it helps mate you can follow a refurb I done......

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=146529&hl=relum%20refurb&st=0

 

 

Anything else you need to know just ask

 

Darryl

[Lee85 44]

yep thanks for that, any types of oil/stain I should use?

 

-Marksman - just gunna check your thread now mate, thanks!

[Lee85 44]

bloody hell - cracking job on that tornado mate!

 

i won't doing as well as that buy i'll re-blue etc

[Lee85 44]

stock now sanded down and removed rust with a bit of wet and dry,re-blued - can anyone reccomend me an oil that's as close to the colour in the pics as possible to finish it off with? thanks

[Marksman 934]

stock now sanded down and removed rust with a bit of wet and dry,re-blued - can anyone reccomend me an oil that's as close to the colour in the pics as possible to finish it off with? thanks

 

 

posted you a reply on my Relum thread mate

 

But here you go.....

 

http://www.uttings.co.uk/Product/655/103745/birchwood-casey-tru-oil-gun-stock-finish-bcto

 

Darryl

[Lee85 44]

Thanks for the advice, etc - heres the result:

 

[davyt63 1,845]

WOW!! looks really good

 

well done buddy

 

regards

 

davy

[andyfr1968 772]

Crackin' job, mate!!

 

Well done!

 

Cheers.

[stealthy1 3,964]

Very nice job

[Lee85 44]

Cheers

 

I'm actually pretty chuffed with it, I think it might need a new spring though, i'll ask my uncle if he wants to buy one!

[stealthy1 3,964]

Cheers

 

I'm actually pretty chuffed with it, I think it might need a new spring though, i'll ask my uncle if he wants to buy one!

 

It would make all the difference to your distance shooting

[Lee85 44]

I've gone ahead and bought:

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TITAN-XS-Mainspring-BSA-Webley-Weihrauch-Air-Arms-GAMO-/330432230475?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_SportingGoods_Hunting_ShootingSports_ET&hash=item4cef4bb44b

 

Hopefully that'll do the trick for him, it's funny because I could here the spring moving when it wasn't cocked, something was rattling and i'm guessing it's snapped in the there