The Official Steel Wool, Tung Oil, Bees Wax On a Buffer Stock Refinishing Thread.
In lieu of my relocation back to the Rain Forests of Starbuck Coffee I am going to have to abandon lacquer finishes on rifles and either go back to plastic (ICK!) or this process for stock finishing.
So here's the problem with lacquer finishes in the rain. Water gets under the edge of the finish and causes the wood to swell which then cracks the finish and eventually the finish lifts off.
Hopefully Wakasupi will join in and help out on this thread.