I have never used tung oil on a firearm. Sounds interesting.I've had great luck with tung oil and boiled linseed oil on older stocks in a similar situation. Just remember the boiled linseed oil rags can become flammable, so you have to be careful with those when you dispose of them. I usually lay them out flat and let them dry in a safe area. Tung oil may darken it a little bit more than blo. Also, make sure you leave enough time between coats for it to dry. You're looking at several days to a week, so multiple thin coats work best.
Staining it would be first choice, followed by a couple coats of Tru-oil.It is certainly not a collectable nor historically important, therefor I would stain it if that is what appeals to you. I don't stain any of my older collection but do clean them and rub most with a (or several) coats of pure tung oil.
I refinished my son's K98 with boiled linseed oil. Put several coats on it. It has the looks of a new original K98 stock. Is that all they did back in WWII for their rifle stocks? I would imagine having a big barrel and dipping them in would be faster than applying by hand on a mass production scale.I've had great luck with tung oil and boiled linseed oil on older stocks in a similar situation. Just remember the boiled linseed oil rags can become flammable, so you have to be careful with those when you dispose of them. I usually lay them out flat and let them dry in a safe area. Tung oil may darken it a little bit more than blo. Also, make sure you leave enough time between coats for it to dry. You're looking at several days to a week, so multiple thin coats work best.
It was a C&R from JG Sales, IIRC. I've had it sitting in cosmoline for months, but finally decided to get it working.Well, since you stripped off the old finish, you should do a new finish. Stain it, or somehow seal the wood to protect it. Is that a purchase from PSA?
I got one of those too, from AIM or Classic, I don't remember. Stock has a lot of "trench art" on it and is pretty beat up, but the metal and bore is in surprisingly good condition. It was packed full of cosmoline though. Way more than any Mosin I've ever gotten!I'm assuming it was in Albanian service at some point, but isn't nearly as chewed up as the last SKS I got through that route.