If it is varnish, easy enough to get rid of. It could simply be a natural shine of the grease coating they put on them.

I must comment on the name/date/France on the stock. Seems very odd as this is not a Frenchicon rifle, it is Swissicon. The Swiss did not engrave their names in the stock, they placed name tags under the butt plate. So what this is would concern me. Seems like something an American GI might do but how he'd get a Swiss rifle in France in 1944 would be an interesting tale if anyone could tell it.

Price isn't bad with a matching bayonet. Stock is correct for a 1944 rifle. Metal on receiver looks a little worn, not badly though.
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