I’ve got 2 Sako 85’s stainless synthetic, the older one which doesn’t have the rubberised soft touch is well used and fine, the newer soft touch stock was removed and replaced with a custom stock and the synthetic put on the shelf unused, 5 years later I took it off the shelf to reuse is and it had gone sticky. I’ve scraped it off and sprayed it with Pro-tex bumper paint, it’s now like new but without the soft touch.
That sounds interesting, could you put up a few photos of your hard work.
It doesn’t have an adjustable cheek rest. I made it from a piece of black plastic painted with the same bumper paint and stuck on with Velcro which allows me to remove it for cleaning. Got them on all my rifles!
It’s definitely a beautiful stock, have had it from new then? I hope you’ve saved some of the stock conditioner for when you do it next time?
i have just stripped back my stock and was debating whether to finish it or not. does the Pro-Tex leave a smooth or rough texture?
That’s brilliant
It leaves a textured finish like your bumper, random spray strokes means no patches. See this video on bumper repair -
I used Pro Tex bumper paint as previously mentioned, The cheek riser is a piece of 25mm solid polyurethane but any plastic or wood will do, this was what was lying about in my garage, I filed a groove in one side with a round rasp and filed a radius on the top side, sprayed with bumper paint the same as the stock. You will need to establish the height of your riser first, my risers all give the same height from the centre of the scope, the Velcro is self adhesive.
Thanks for all the information,
All my rifles are Sako, 6.5x55 is my preferred calibre and I have 2, I use one for non toxic and the other for my home loads. I’ve stalked all 6 species, my favourite are the Roe.
