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Thanks Roundball, and Adam.
ONe of the things that brought this up, was that i was talking with a guy a couple of weeks ago who had a _really_ beautiful stock on his CVA hawken.
I asked him where he got his wood from, and he stated it was the actual stock from his kit, but he spent a alot of time prepping his. It looked like it had a finish you could stare down into.
he began by sanding her down progressively to 400 grit sandpaper, then 0000 steel wool. Put a very light stain on, just enough to color the grain slightly.
then he said he used 12 coats of tung oil. 3 coats, then rebuff and repeat till 12 coats, then did a very light buff, and final coat was BLO.
He mentioned soemthing about how he was told the final coat of BLO hardened the finish.
No idea if thats true or not, but it was one of the nicest stocks I have ever seen, even in pictures.
Figured i'd come here and see what others might know or have to say.
Thanks for the info Roundball, I will look into that Casey's.
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