Filling wood grain without stripping?

[Iggy]

I've got a Beretta SV10 Prevail 1 which I'm very happy with and shooting as well as any gun I've owned.

 

However it's got the Beretta Xtra Grain finish to the woodwork which is a laser burnt/etched grain effect applied to a plain piece of walnut, essentially to make it look highly figured when its not. it's not the Xtra wood which was a print applied over the woodwork.

 

Anyway, I can live with the Xtra grain look/effect but the actual grain is very open and I reckon it would look a whole lot better if it was properly filled. However, it's a new gun and I don't really want to strip the finish so I wanted to know if it's possible to fill the train without stripping?

 

Any suggestions gratefully received.

 

Iggy.

 

 

[Delbert]

if it is not a varnished finish then oil dressing will fill the grain over time. When I get a new gun I go mad for the first couple of weeks to build

the finish up.

[BlaserF3]

I have the same stock finish on my A400, I put some linseed oil on it and it looks slightly better, but I think the only way to get a decent finish would be to sand the wood down, till it's smooth.

 

But what if it ruins it? I don't think grain filler would work.