I have a m700 I stalk around with quite a bit and would like to refinish the metal with something dull. Any sugestions on what works and is durable? I will have a gunsmith do the job so that it is done right. The stock I am going to strip and redo with a dull oil finish but if you all have any suggestion on that I'm open.

Thanks
Perry

Bead blast and re-blue will give a matte finish.
As will parkerizing if you can find anybody that does it.

I used GunKote on several. I went back to bead blasting and blueing. Parkerizing would probably give the longest life.