Soaking old stocks in kersoene to remove years of diet, oil, grease, etc.

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My preferred method is spray on citristrip. I can strip a stock in an evening while I watch TV, the house smells nice like oranges and it's all in the bathtub where it's simple to clean up.

Spray on, wait 15-20 minutes, rinse off with hot water and a scrub brush. Put a second coat on, wait 15-20 minutes repeat. Really bad ones might need a third coat.

One can will do three or four stocks.

I've tried the brush on type but it doesn't seem to work as well.

Stock will be dry the next morning and ready for BLO.

Austrian M1888/90 from RTI, Ethiopian, This was a three-treatment rifle. Some of the metal looks different because I replaced some of it, notably the magazine/trigger well assembly and the middle barrel band.

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