I just acquired a 1941 Lithgowicon and have a question about what finish was used on the Coach wood. This appears to have a almost tar like coating, like it was carded into the wood. Makes to wood black.

I don't want to start removing any finish until i know more about it. As you can see it does not look like the Coach wood with BLOicon/rlo applied.



This is a numbers matching rifle, butt is dated 1942. Looking at the bolt head it appears to be a very low round count. $200 a fair price? haven't found a import mark...yet. Could be a JJCO.
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