Here it is after removing all of the cosmoline and stripping the stock. I really hate cosmoline. Only problem was that I broke the tip of the firing pin while stripping the bolt, still can't figure out how. I have to buy a new firing pin before I can shoot.
A closer picture showing the stock. I used the method described on Different's web-site for refinishing an M14 stock. I had to Easy-Off it twice and it still didn't look right to me. At this point I was thinking of just buying a new stock. But kept working at it anyway.
And here it is all cleaned up with the refinished stock. I used the cocoa brown RIT dye and denatured alcohol to stain the stock and then tung oil. I'm pretty pleased with the results. The top hand-guard is still a little lighter than the rest of the stock but I'm gonna keep it this way for now. I just want to get out in the field and see how she shoots.