Stock repair for Browning Citori

[MarineJohn]

I am looking ot get a browning citori for my wife as a christmas present. I found a partner of mine that is selling his used for $1000. It has some small dents on the stock as well as a few scuffs, including one good size one on the right side of the comb. I was wondering if anyone knew of someone who did repairs/restorations on Browning stocks.
Thanks and stay safe,
John

[BMC]

Some dents can be pulled out with steam. Some scuffs can be buffed out or polished out. One of your local gunsmiths will know who does the best work in your area. For the most part anyone with good workworking skills can refinish the stock. The trick is to be mindful of the checked work. If you have a local clay range they will know who does the best work local. If you want to ship it, then there are a wealth of guys who can do that too. On thing to keep in mind is if the one dent you describe is not repairable by trying to lift it, you'll probably want to have the comb cut (made adjustable) and then covered or made into a soft comb...which is always nice to have anyways.

[Thefeeder]

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If you are buying a Citori worth 1000-1200, I don't see the value. However if the Citori is a Grade IV , V, or VI then it will be worth it.

A stock refinishing job will run 250-275 plus shipping if you are not able to find someone local. Midwest Gun Work are the cats for Brownings...They have all the orininal finish formulas. Refinshing will take off about the same amount on the value of a Citori.

There is little to gain by paying 1000 + refinish + loss in future resale value.

Plenty of Citori Lightning Grd I's on the net for that price.

Leave it as is.......the scratches will be added to in use anyway.....Ask my wife how I know this!

[NavDoc]

Mine is in GREAT shape...

[Rob454]

You can do it yourself. i did it on my Mossberg Silver reserve. i lent it to a buddy and it came back dinged and gouged. I refinshed it and sanded it and then lin seed oiled it. Looks 10 x better than the factory finish ever did.
I also did a SKS a Savage and a Remington and a few others for a few buddies.
Its not that hard to do.
There is a guy on the SKS surviver forum and his screen name is galahad. he does GREAT work and he doesnt rape you. I had him do a stock for me a long tiome ago and it looked great when i got it. he has pics of his work somewhere email him Im not sure if he is currently taking any work.

Rob

[golfrj]

OK, OK, I am Gonna ask, are you Sure your wife wants to lug around and shoot a 12 gauge Citori? When a 20 gauge lightweight auto is So Nice?

My women, wife and daughters would look at me like I was Nuts..

Don't kill the messanger Just ASKIN.....