Sitka speaks from experience. Below are pics of a Rem700 270 I put together for my daughter, the stock from a piece of blonde Bastogne Cecil Fredi gave me. Before finishing it was the color of the whitest maple blank you could imagine. I was tempted to stain, but Cecil made me promise to go without. He obviously knew best. Just about any conventional finish is going to have a certain amount golden-brown tint to it. In this case it was enough bring out the fiddle and contrast.
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If you cherish your memories with kids, be a good role model . . . . so the RIGHT memories of you mean something to them.
