I have a Finn M39, 1942 Valmet that I rescued from a moose hunter. To be fair, buddy had seen the error of his ways and had stopped really, before he got started. As it turns out, I got what appears to be, a post war ( pointed finger joint ) unissued, minty stocked rifle. I have three of these now and they all have beautiful wood but the wood on all of them seems very dry and unfinished. This one was the least expensive so I thought I would start with it by degrease/dewax and then lightly rubbing down with 0000 steel wool with pure turpintine as a lubricant ( sort of like wet sanding ), followed by degreasing and then multiple coats of one part pure turpine to three parts boiled linseed oilicon allowing ten-twelve hrs. between coats.

I really don't want to experiment, but I think I should do something. Any advice would be helpfull.

Thanks in advance,

Pete
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