Ive herd that oil should occasionally be rubbed into oil finished stocks in order to protect the wood and to keep it from drying out. Is it nessasary to do this? I have been looking for something to use on my M1, M1 carbine, 1903, and Krag. My goal would be to protect the stock and protect the firearms value. The last thing I want to do is devalue a firearm in anyway. Is this product from brownells a good choice? And does anyone know the correct way to apply stock oil?

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx...ILITARY-oX-STOCK-OIL

Thank you for any input!

The military rifles you listed were probably had stocks just dipped in a warm solution of boiled linseed oil (BLO) to soak and then dried. After that, stock may have had a fresh coat of BLO just rubbed on/in periodically to refresh the original treatment. Something you could do if you wanted to.

The Brownell product you showed would be just fine to use. Gather it is just BLO with extra ingrediants to speed drying and give a better/longer lasting finish. I've used Waltons Danish Oil or Minwaxs Antique Oil to do the same thing. Both of these are BLO based finishes with the dryers and other fortifiers in them too. With these products and using on bare wood, I just brush it on and take some 320 or higher wet sandpaper to wood, sanding with grain. I then wipe off excess, wiping with grain and then set aside to dry. I may repeat this process one or two more times, using a finer grade of wet sandpaper each time. This will produce one very smooth piece of wood.

thanks for the reply! I appreciate it.