Could someone tell me the best way to get dents or impressions out of a walnut stock?I had someone tell me before that you could iron over a wet rag and it would pull the dents out.Is this tue?Is there a better way?Also,this is a stock out of an older Ruger M77 and it has 2 places that are deeper in the wood and through the original finish.Can these be repaired and the stock refinished with Tru-Oil or something else?If so,can you tell me how and what to use,I have never redone a stock before?Thanks.

Steaming dents out is a woodworking trick. I don't know any other way. The iron and the soaked cloth produce the steam in the wood that expands and lifts the dent. A deep dent can be worked out if you can get the moisture in far enough. and the wood hot enough but not to singe or burn. If the dent is a gauge the only trick I know is to lightly sand the stock and keep the sawdust and mix it with filler and hopefully the sawdust will stain or finish the same color as the wood and become less visible. I will tell you this, for dents it is very effective. You will not hurt the stock. You do have to remove the glossy finish so that the moisture can soak into the wood. Best of luck, JB

JB Mauser,Are you telling me that I would have to remove the finish before I could use the iron and wet rag trick?Also,what do you need to use as a filler to mix the sawdust with?I hate to seem ignorant to the fact,but I have never seen done or re-finished a stock before and would like to try it.