Does raw linseed oilicon provide a darker finish than the boiled linseed?

Many rifles with original stock finish, that don’t seem to have been covered in grease and crud, have a darker and redder finish than those that have been cleaned and re-oiled with boiled linseed or BLOicon and mineral spirts mixture.

WW I and II photos show a dark stock finish on ‘03 and M1917s and on M1s and 03A3s that can’t have been exposed yet to much service life.
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