i buy the birchwood casey truoil kits. comes with walnut stain, truoil, and stock conditioner. i usually mix the walnut with maybe 1/3 or less mahogany minwax stain to give it a little red. i put it on real thin for the first coat and sometimes thats enough. then truoil it a few times with steel wool in between and then use the stock conditioner to take the shine off a bit. this recreates the old remington look from the old days pretty close. it also wears real well too and once it gets some weather on it, its hard to tell its a refinish.
