Thanks. I've really learned a lot here and I appreciate you replies. A couple of these rifles are so black - I didn't know where to start.

I did notice a couple of these rifles had nice cartouches on them. It's probably unlikely that I would have a valuable stock on any of my rifles, they are all mismatched and none of them are terribly attractive, but I would hate to go scrubbing away on something that I should be smart enough to leave alone. Is there a site that will show me what cartouches make a stock more valuable? If I did have an important one I wouldn't use my questionable skill to refinish it.

Thanks again,
Paul