Reno, your wood may very well BE that nice, underneath the factory quick finish. Once you have it down to bare wood and properly sanded extra smooth, run some wet rottenstone on it vigourously and you may be surprised at what pops out.

Good luck, that is a quite fine rifle you are working on.


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