Stock refinishing

A lot of great information and advice here! I now have 4 rifle stocks I intend on restoring, so I will probably try more than one method/finish.

A big thank you to all that replied!
 
Providence stumbling across this thread: I don't know if anyone remembers the thread I started last autumn about wood types to use for building a stock: I settled on American Beech, and so after cutting, milling, allowing to dry, planing, laminating, planing, jointing, inletting, bedding, forming, sanding... sanding... sanding I have almost completed the stock for my T3 varmint. Eventually I'll start a thread about that with details as I have been taking a photo journal of the process. But now is the finishing step: My first concern is, will linseed oil react with the laminating glue? (Gorilla wood glue) I tried on a sacrificial scrap from the forming process, and it does not appear or despite my digging with a chisel, to be affected since application a few days ago. What I have read on this thread has been very helpful aside from that one concern. I have the option of taking it to my friend's autobody shop and having it clear coated but I like the simplicity of oil and dry beech being hard, will resist denting - I intend on using it for target shooting mostly, but groundhogs etc. are also targets.

cody c said:
I have some box elder burl (manitoba maple) which Ive cut and have drying to build another enfield stock or two with (Ill keep it a little more conservative this time, closer to the sporter styles) and I've been wondering what product to use for them, I think Ill grab some tru oil from Lee Valley.

They don't have very much red to them but there is a heap of character in the burl.
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I've often wondered the countless times killing Manitoba maples, what those unique red swirls would look like in lumber: I expect they would be prone to twisting and warping, but short laminate pieces may be immune. Found in a burl, or even the burl without red would be interesting and likely never done before and it should look very nice. How do you find this lumber to be as it dries? I hope my suspicions are incorrect as I'd like to see it work out and the resulting solid wood stock.
 
I like tung oil, or trueoil, the grain popping is dependent on the wood , more than the finish , I don't like water stains, thou I have not used
them much on stocks.

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