I bought a Field Grade in quite good condition on Friday (SA 2599565, Feb 1944), which I hope to repopulate with other parts correct to the year. The stock is very dirty, however, and the entire gun could use a good cleaning. I know there are different opinions about cleaning versus removing patina.

Is there a common consensus over how far to go in cleaning (esp. wood) before you start removing value from the rifle from a collecting point of view?

-Scott
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