Correct stock finish for M1903?

[WarPig1976]

This is the 700 stock I mentioned earlier.
Covered in Polyurethane and damaged. Notice the Walnut is lifeless. Dry as a popcorn fart under all the plastic. No love for about 40 years.
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Now two months later, vibrant and beautiful. Notice the "finish" is very thin. It takes YEARS of repeated oiling and handling to achieve the beautiful finish on Milsurps we all love and the OP wishes to replicate. Trying is folly. It's the reason people start waxing their stocks with Gunny paste or Howard's feed and wax. They get to a certain point and the project isn't turning out the way they thought it would so they speed things along. That's my opinion anyway...
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