Refinishing 91/30 stock

[mil-surp60]

here is one that was properly redone , it is shellac, that stock would look great with amber shellac on it they did not start using red till ww2 era, When properly applied they look great. I sell them a lot on ebay like this. From a 1930 hex, the soviets have always used shellac. they have never used oil on their stocks , the fins did , but not the soviets , it was all they had during war and they stuck wit it to this day , they still shellac wood stocks on ak,rpk's,pkm's the soviets have always used shellac.I refinish wooden stocks for a living , all russian stocks were not captured by another country came shellaced with amber until ww2 then they switched to the red tinted.
When applied right shellac does not just scratch off, its how you prepare the wood. but after 75 or so yrs yes shellac may have peeled off or been removed , but they came from factories in russia in shellac.not oil. Production time would have took too long oil finishing nagant stocks they needed em in field right away when the nazi's invaded , all were done in shellac . Even before the war the soviets needed weapons , the only ones did not come shellaced were made in usa by westinghouse, finland , poland, Hungary . russia never used oil on wood rifle stocks and still doesnt.ak 74's with wooden stocks are shellaced when they leave russia to this day,only refurbed parts guns are not or synthetic stocked ones. you see a red ak74 its shellac.