It's been 25 years or more since I have refinished a gun stock.
Attached are a couple of images of the wood for the Gustaf 8x58RD Rolling Block I own.
I stripped the stock wood, ran coarse steel wool over and about it, then used 100 grit C paper to take out what I saw to be the remainders of the finish.
I put some Birchwood-Casey walnut water based stain upon the stock, slightly deluded.
I was surprised to see these splotches turn up.
Bottom line?
I don't understand why, when the stock looked so clean, that when I applied water based stain, this kind of nonsense showed up?
Your thoughts? Should I start over, or just put on the Tru-Oil?
I remain, verklempt.