Is there anyone out there......

**Killroy2** · 10-16-2014 09:08 AM

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**Highly Recommended** · 10-16-2014 09:08 AM

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**carwashchris** · 11-02-2014 09:42 AM

Well after all the encouragement I received here, I did go ahead and did it myself. I used the Formby's to strip it and Sunnyside RLO. It may not win any awards but I'm very pleased with the results. Thanks to everyone.

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**JimF4M1s (Deceased)** · 11-02-2014 11:03 AM

Looks very nice.

**USGI** · 11-02-2014 11:21 AM

Great job Chris! - Bob

**WarPig1976** · 11-02-2014 11:38 AM

See, not too hard. Well done...

**imntxs554** · 11-02-2014 12:32 PM

Looks nice to me.....if you ever come across an unfinished stock on chestnutridge.com carries that Military Walnut Stain, that i use on my unfinished Springfield Stock i have the some linseed okl and thry come out looking real nice and sell fast...

.Frank

**ChipS** · 11-02-2014 01:33 PM

Your stock looks to me the way a WWII US military walnut stock should look in color, texture and sheen. If that is what you were going for then you succeeded. Repeated periodic light applications of RLO, applied and excess wiped off, will maintain the low even sheen and protect the wood.

As I suggested to you earlier, when you are looking at those 'beautiful' minty slick rehabbed gun show stocks you need to remember exactly what your goal is for your stock and refinish it accordingly - not just to make it pretty.

Good job. Congratulations.

**Neal Myers** · 11-02-2014 03:34 PM

My method is similar to what ChipS does. Only difference is, I use Formby's tung oil, & I rub with 0000 steel wool after each coat has dried to reduce gloss. (Don't believe the old wives' tale that bits of steel will imbed in the wood.)

Neal

**USGI** · 11-02-2014 04:16 PM

Neal, tell us about the sling - I've seen a few others like it and still have one myself. Thanks! - Bob

**carwashchris** · 11-02-2014 06:27 PM

I'm happy ! I wasn't looking for a show stock and that's why I didn't sand down the markings on this stock. I'm sure now as I investigate further that the ones I saw in Louisville were sanded and restamped, and they had that never used look.

I'm ready to try another one.

Chris

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