Not about a CAS gun

[Dead Eye Dave]

I just bought a vintage Garand M1.  Good shooter but the stock could use some refinishing.  What would anyone suggest I use for that?

Thank You

DB

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[Dead Eye Dave]

Thank you.

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[St. George]

While a drop-in stock set's nice - you can refinish the original without too much trouble for a helluva lot less money, and retain both the value and originality of the piece.

A lot depends upon the condition of the stock and the weapon itself - whether it's 'American' issue - or perhaps an import-marked return from Korea, Denmark, Greece, Italy, the Philippines - or any of the other places that weapon was provided to, and marked with that country's property markings.

Many times, the wood has been replaced before - so looking for a good, original stock set's a good idea, 'if' the rest of the weapon's worth the time, and even the Army's Beech replacement set is preferable to a 'modern' stock set - but those are getting harder and harder to find, since they're preferred by a lot of the serious shooters, even though Black Walnut's prettier, since Beech is less prone to moisture problems.

If it's just a shooter - a new stock set is probably best.

As to cleaning/refinishing your current one - it's like any other hardwood - strip the oils, raise the dents, don't sand off the stock markings, work 'with' the grain, re-oil/re-stain and you're set.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!