Quote Originally Posted by Singer B View Post
I found this tonight on a GunsBoard Forum from 2016. I would assume the "boiled oil" is BLOicon?

All prewar instruction mention VK-1 (including repair manuals). 1930 production specification (for just adopted M91\30) mention that walnut stocks must be soaked with boiled oil, birch stocks were painted to the colour of walnut (with mordant), then soaked with boiled oil, than polished. So in 1930's finish was changed. I have no doubts that some stocks in Izhevsk during war were issued without laquering. I have one like this, seems that it is soaked with boiled oil (and it is not the only that I saw).
This is interesting, I have never seen this before. Now I'm going to have to go back into research mode. Thanks...