Received my BSA R10 Today - Already Sanding down Stock

[SpiralGroove]

Hey Guys,
Call me neurotic , but I just couldn't help sanding down the stock !

Received my R10 today wrapped up perfectly from AGD.  Opened up the package and noticed a small dent in the top of the Monte Carlo cheek piece .  I looked over the entire stock and noticed is was a pretty nice piece of walnut (no figuring), just not finished up to what it deserved.  Now the styling of the stock is fantastic, but BSA's finishing choice is to (intentionally) leave to stock with a matte, hand rubbed (stained walnut) look that allows minor sanding imperfections to be mostly unnoticed.  However, after rubbing it out with 500/1000 grit paper, the stock really has potential.  We'll see, I'll get some photos when I come back from 5 days of camping with my Son.  Will mask all checkering sand out with fine paper, hit with (medium) walnut stain and finish with Tru-Oil.  The whole refinishing will take just a few days.

Anyway, very happy with the looks of the gun and it's features are hard to beat for $989.

Can you believe, I haven't shot it yet .  As John Prine said "You are who you are and you Ain't who you Ain't." 

Kirk
   

[Geoff]

we will want a photo once you are done   


Also, brave of you to mess with a brand new gun before the end of the warranty period.

[Bicycleman]

Kirk, congratulations on the new pellet slinger.  You remind me of a college roommate - He took delivery of a new '63 Chevrolet and immediately started modifying the motor with a fuel injection system.  The car ran great but had no more power train warranty.


Enjoy your camping trip with your lad.

[SpiralGroove]

Hey Guys,
I understand what your saying, and maybe I'm being naive , but nowhere in the (2) year Warranty, do I see where lightly sanding the stock voids the any coverage of its mechanics.  This could be construed as tampering, but at the most superficial level.
I can't imagine BSA saying "Boy that stock look Great, Whew ....... now were off the hook for any Warranty coverage.

However, if they do, I'll just have to fix it myself
Kirk

[blackdiesel]

Ok here's an irrelevant question; how does it shoot? 

[Oldblades]

I can't imagine BSA saying "Boy that stock look Great, Whew ....... now were off the hook for any Warranty coverage.

However, if they do, I'll just have to fix it myself
Kirk

John Prine also said "Thats the way that the world goes round" 

I'll also be looking for the pictures.

[Geoff]

I was thinking more of if you had to return it to the vendor.  They are not going to want a modified stock, wont be able to sell it as new to someone else ... 

[SpiralGroove]

Yeah Geoffrey_K,
The 30 day warranty from AGD is history

[Geoff]

I go back to your quote  .. "I haven't shot it yet"

any problem it may (hopefully none) is unknown to you and now will require you to get it fixed over replaced from AGD.

*(&^, it's your gun .. drive your truck over it for all I care.  I was just saying you are braver than I am to mess with a 1000$ item before the warranty is out on it.   /shrugs

[SpiralGroove]

Hey Blackdiesel,
Like a Big Kahuna Burger tastes -> PFG

[Bicycleman]

So, I am sitting here thinking that it would soooo simple to take the wood off, and return the mechanism part only.  Of course, this would happen after a lengthly conversation with the seller, and a written statement to confirm the agreement.  The seller could remove the wood from the rifle that is to be sent out, and use that wood on the returned rifle mechanism part. 


If I can think about something like that, they probably already have some such arrangement in place.

[SpiralGroove]

Hey Bicycleman,
I think so .............. why would they need to stock for servicing unless it was a stock issue, then you would send the stock.

Because I've worked on a few PCP's, I don't think I would have too much trouble working on the R10, even though there would be a learning curve.  It's gonna be tough to keep my hands off of it for two years, just because of the warranty.  Nothing like a gun that is not up to it's potential for 2 years because I'm waiting for the warranty to expire ............... crazy.

Kirk

[rkr]

Hey Bicycleman,
I think so .............. why would they need to stock for servicing unless it was a stock issue, then you would send the stock.

Because I've worked on a few PCP's, I don't think I would have too much trouble working on the R10, even though there would be a learning curve.  It's gonna be tough to keep my hands off of it for two years, just because of the warranty.  Nothing like a gun that is not up to it's potential for 2 years because I'm waiting for the warranty to expire ............... crazy.

Kirk

Even if you mess up all the spare parts are available from Knibbs, that can't be said of all the other makes. Go for it.

[Ribbonstone]

Is a little neurotic...but feeding neurosis is what hobbies are for.
Usually will wait until a wood stock has collected enough dings to make it worth the trouble of refinishing. Don't really have some magic number of dings, but past experience has shown it's likely to get most of them in the early stages of testing/tuning than when it's all set up the way I want it and ready to go.

So I would say that you jumped the gun a bit...likely to want to do it again in a month.

[Bryan Heimann]

Congratulations on such a fine rifle.  After I saw Paul capella split playing cards with .22 cum and a bsa scorpion, I though wow, I gotta how one of those bsa pcp's.  Personally I'd love a scorpion in .177 without the shroud.  It's the gun I dream about.   What caliber is your rifle? 

[SpiralGroove]

Hey Bryan,
Mine is a .177 caliber.  I'm liking it more & more.

I'm hoping to get 70 shots from the 200 cc buddy bottle at 900 fps, ES@2%, using CPUM.