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    Tung oil finish inside stock?

    I have gotten an original 1903A3 scant stock that I think is birch (light weight compared to my Garandicon stock) with walnut stain. I am going to use pure tung oil as a finish. I got loads of info here on search, but did not see if the inside of the stock should get a coat or two. At first I thought yes, but perhaps the wood needs a place open to some air.
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    Inside and out is the way to go. You need to nourish the wood to kept it from drying out and shrinking or absorbing moisture and warping.

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    I think when the factory applied oil, it was done as a dip.
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    Thanks guys. I thought I might be over thinking the project. First time jitters.
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    I would go with raw linseed oilicon, get plenty of oil inside and out and wipe off the excess after a couple of days, then buff up to a luster to finish.

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    Both linseed and tung oil were used on original Springfield stocks. Like mrclark303, I prefer raw linseed oilicon but either is really right as rain.

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    I've been told that during WWII stocks were dunked in tounge oil then treated with BLOicon?
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    No they were not. There was no tung oil available during WW2 as access to it was cut off by the Japaneseicon. Besides the US used raw linseed oilicon on all of it's stocks. Sometimes like with carbine stocks the oil was heated then the stocks were dunked into the oil, pulled out and left to drip dry. If you can't find linseed oilicon then look for flax oil then at pharmacy. It's the same thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruce McAskill View Post
    No they were not.
    We sure go round and round about this. We had a whole thread on this a short time ago too. Exact same results...in the LE forum too...
    Regards, Jim

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    Tung oil was not used as they could not get it and it became to shiny over a short amount of time just with hands on the stock. Not a good thing to have light reflect off ones stock on patrol.

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