Stock Oiling Advice

[das]

Got another gun with a rather nice stock.  Stock is oiled finished.
The gun is a Browning Heritage 11 the damage to the the stock is a small 2"x 1" where slight denting had
occured. I sorted this with a few strokes of 800 grade a ad finished with 2000 grade. All looked fine.
On re oiling stock came up great except the area where the damage occured, in that area now it appears dry and dull.
 

Any help would be welcomed.

Thanks

[ditchman]

its dry and dull because it needs feeding..........as you know oiling a stock is not a wipe over and bobs yer uncle...getting a good finish on a stock takes time...when i did my AYA #1 it took weeks with BLO.......just keep feeding it

[CaptC]

Agree with ditchman - You need to take the stock right back to bare wood and start again. Raise the grain, sand, oil, repeat - it takes a long time. 

[reindeer]

Dry and dull it is because the oil is drawn into the wood. You need to apply oil every day and rub it in until the wood takes no more. It will take a few weeks before you will see the result that you are looking for and over time the damaged spot will blend in with the rest of the stock. Slight denting can be lifted by exposing the dent to hot steam rather than sanding the dent out.

Edited May 27, 2022 by reindeer

[Gunman]

Browning started using some very odd finish to there stocks and found that I had to basically strip off and re finish all over . I took this up with their UK work shop and they said they had the same problem .

[VicW]

Use very little oil on the wood, you can always put more on. Put about three finger tip dabs on one side and rub it with your hand using the ball of the palm hand, the bit behind the thumb. Rub it in circles so that your hand gets warm.

Vic.

[das]

Thanks Gents, advice much appreciated.

[welshwarrior]

As Gunman said I’ve found I can’t blend into the modern Browning finish and now totally strip and refinish the stocks to get a proper even finish. 

[DUNKS]

I had this trouble with my 525, took many coats of industrial paint stripper to remove the horrible iron hard varnish. Is now a lovely oiled stock. Goodness only knows what the original finish was but heck it was hard!