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Posted: 4/9/2008 1:26:00 PM EDT

Is it necessary to oil the stock, and if you do is there anything special to look for when buying stock oil?

I don't really want to change to look of the wood, just protect it.

Posted: 4/9/2008 2:09:12 PM EDT

[#1]

I would recommend rubbing a bit of boiled linseed oil on it.

Posted: 4/9/2008 6:29:31 PM EDT

[#2]

If it is a laminate stock, a polyurethane finish will be better. BLO is better for straight open grain wood.

Hootbro

Posted: 4/10/2008 5:05:16 AM EDT

[#3]

It's not laminate. Just wood.

Would this stuff be good? Tru-oil

Posted: 4/10/2008 4:40:22 PM EDT

[#4]

Tru-oil will certainly work.

You need to make sure you wood has an oil and not a polyuretahne finish like a WASR. There really isn't much to do to those.

Oil finishes look nice but are more maintainence intensive.

I don't think I have ever put oil on a Kalashnikov stock. Some poly-tech ore oiled but most are shellacqued or polyurethaned.

Garand and M1A? Oil it!

Posted: 4/11/2008 5:19:17 AM EDT

[#5]

Well I have a GP WASR-10. Does that mean it has a polyurethane finish?

Posted: 4/15/2008 5:04:20 PM EDT

[#6]

A permenant finish that seals the pores of the wood. I suggest you google on the "types of wood finishes".

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