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Refinished Kimber Mountain Ascent

joelweb

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I’ve been wanting to refinish my Kimber Mountain Ascent for a few years, and I finally got it done.

It shoots and handles great and is my go-to rifle chambered in 280AI, but I’ve never loved the look of the printed camo on the stock. Especially once it started to show wear.

This past winter I decided to cut a couple inches off the barrel to accommodate a suppressor, and I made plans to refinish the rifle while I had it apart.

I had the barrel, action, trigger guard, and sling swivel studs all Cerakoted with the E series professionally because it was more than I wanted to take on, but I painted the stock myself at home with the C series.

This project took a few months from start to finish, and I’m super happy with it. Time to get this thing back to the range.

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Looks good!! Did a Ruger American Predator this past winter. Haven't done a stock in a long time so I decided that I would do it with the kids help he's 16 and got into the paint...not so much on the prep lol
 

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I’ve been wanting to refinish my Kimber Mountain Ascent for a few years, and I finally got it done.

It shoots and handles great and is my go-to rifle chambered in 280AI, but I’ve never loved the look of the printed camo on the stock. Especially once it started to show wear.

This past winter I decided to cut a couple inches off the barrel to accommodate a suppressor, and I made plans to refinish the rifle while I had it apart.

I had the barrel, action, trigger guard, and sling swivel studs all Cerakoted with the E series professionally because it was more than I wanted to take on, but I painted the stock myself at home with the C series.

This project took a few months from start to finish, and I’m super happy with it. Time to get this thing back to the range.

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How did you remove the original paint/soft touch material?
 
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