I bought my first SKS from a CGNer. First off it is a great shooter, I took it to the range and tried it out over the weekend. It was bought for multigun shoots so I intend on using it quite a bit. It came set in a tapco stock and the original wood came with it. The hand guard was was taped to the stock and when I took the tape off it peeled the varnish with it. I decided to refinish the stock as it now looked terrible. I used furniture stripper and was very careful not to damage the stamping or patina. I then finished it with several coats of BLO thinned with turpentine. It looked so good when it was done I decided to take the rifle out of the tapco stock and put it back in the original. Let me know what you think. I now from a collector's point of view the refinish is a bad thing but as a daily shooter I think it looks much better.
