05-10-2008, 10:13 PM
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| Senior Member  | What you might want to keep in mind is that the finish on your "arsenal refinished" rifle stock is that; what you see may be the third or fourth coat of varnish mixed in with cosmolene and the stocks may be not original build (in fact probably not). All of the battlefiled rifles I have seen are pretty much scratched, dented, and beat to crap, and... very important... not a spot of cosmolene. My Finn M39 is just oiled Artic Birch, no cosmo on the stock, and varries from light to dark brown (tiger striped). I doubt that it had seen more than one aresenal revisit, and that was just to measure and evaluate condition before storage. So if you have a battlefield or non-rearsenaled rifle then you might want to consider NOT refinishing. Otherwise, what the hell? Why not make that war rifle look as nice as possible. Some are really beautiful with a fresh coat of makeup. 
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05-11-2008, 05:37 AM
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| Moderator   | I love the tiger striping on my Finn M39 too. Good thing - that Arctic Birch is heavily resinous - it will not take most stains! Even getting a good oil finish to work is difficult. On the other hand, that Arctic Birch seems to stand the test of ages better than many stock woods! Serendipity for the Finns!
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05-11-2008, 10:30 AM
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| Grumpy Old Fart   | Those Finns weren't dumb! They knew the wood they had at hand and used it in a well thought out design.
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