Savage Model 24SE

dkemerley · 09-08-2004, 09:57 AM

I bought a Savage Model 24SE over the weekend. I used to own a model 24 when I was younger that had a darker stock. I am assumung that it was walnut. The stock on the SE model is light. I want to strip it down and stain it walnut. I was wondering what color of walnut stain I could use to be close to the walnut color of the darker stocks?

GeneCockrell · 09-10-2004, 08:57 PM

Likely it is stocked with a very close grained non porous wood like my Savage 94. I tried to refinish this with a Red/Brown oil finish (Pilkington's) and although it looks pretty good, is not near as dark as the walnut stock I am now doing with the same oil for a different project.
If you want this wood to stain dark, go to your local hardware store and look at the minwax wood stains and go from there, something like a dark walnut should work.

Of course, if you're really wanting a walnut stock and like the fitting and finishing work, Fajen's sells walnut replacements for most anything.

savparts · 10-04-2004, 07:55 AM

24Se was made in hardwood not walnut, only walnut stained

09-08-2004, 09:57 AM	#1
dkemerley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2	Savage Model 24SE I bought a Savage Model 24SE over the weekend. I used to own a model 24 when I was younger that had a darker stock. I am assumung that it was walnut. The stock on the SE model is light. I want to strip it down and stain it walnut. I was wondering what color of walnut stain I could use to be close to the walnut color of the darker stocks?

10-04-2004, 07:55 AM	#3
savparts Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 91	24Se was made in hardwood not walnut, only walnut stained __________________ [For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a meaning the protected will never know]

09-10-2004, 08:57 PM	#2
GeneCockrell Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: lAMPASAS TEXAS Posts: 89	Likely it is stocked with a very close grained non porous wood like my Savage 94. I tried to refinish this with a Red/Brown oil finish (Pilkington's) and although it looks pretty good, is not near as dark as the walnut stock I am now doing with the same oil for a different project. If you want this wood to stain dark, go to your local hardware store and look at the minwax wood stains and go from there, something like a dark walnut should work. Of course, if you're really wanting a walnut stock and like the fitting and finishing work, Fajen's sells walnut replacements for most anything.