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Rem 600 6mm: To Refinish or Leave Alone?

Beebo
I have an unmolested rem 600 6mm, need to sell here for top dollar. BBB(Baby, bills, broke) hit me hard.

The metal, bore, action, bolt, all is 100% minty perfect condition. Don't think it has been fired much. The stock has some issues. The "urethane?" finish is scratched in a few places, coming off here and there, one dent in wood along barrel channel. Couple small indentations here and there. There is actually a nice piece of wood hiding under the factory finish.

I see some refinished 6mm 600s getting good money, as if the value has not been hurt. Sold in $800 range, metal not quite as mint as mine.

I have done countless stocks now, am quite competent at it. Not sure the biggest dent can be raised completely though, in a tricky spot. There is also some oil staining around the tang.

So should I leave it as is and put it up, or refinish it? Pretty sure it will look fantastic when I am done, just won't be original.

What say the experts?

Thanks very much for any help
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  • 1KYDSTR
    Not trying to be trite, but I would always leave a gun alone if it has even some collectability to it. The 600's are becomming quite collectible and methinks it would garner marginally more money unrestored; let the next guy refinish it if he wants.
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  • Beebo
    Pretty much what I suspected. I bought it with the intent to refinish, as a rifle for my Sweety. It kills me because I just know it would look amazing when I am done. I guess I was hoping for somebody to give me the green light to do it up.


    Thanks very much for the prompt reply.
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  • gary wray
    quote:Originally posted by 1KYDSTR
    Not trying to be trite, but I would always leave a gun alone if it has even some collectability to it. The 600's are becomming quite collectible and methinks it would garner marginally more money unrestored; let the next guy refinish it if he wants.


    Beebo....welcome to the GB ATE Forum and thanks for your question. Ditto for leaving it alone. The 600's are becoming more and more valuable and by not touching it you can always claim truthfully that you haven't done a thing to it. If the wood is as good as you say, just point that out to the interested buyer and let him/her make the decision. Good luck[^]
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  • Beebo
    Thanks for the welcome. Ive been a GB member for a while, never even knew this forum was here. Fantastic resource! You can bet I will stick around.
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  • 62fuelie
    I would concur with leaving it alone. The original finish on these stocks was a DuPont electrostatic application that would be hard to duplicate and may look worse for having attempted to blend another type of finish like polyU into it.
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  • beantownshootah
    I don't think refinishing it is going to add much to its value, and a true refinish potentially even could detract from its value if the gun is otherwise collectible.

    So no, I wouldn't bother.

    If you can steam out some dents without hurting the original finish, that certainly wouldn't hurt. . .how much it will help is debatable.
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