I took of one my Cooper rifles (Model 21 Varminter) out of the gun cabinet today as I'm reloading for a p-dog hunt coming up shortly. I noticed that the stock looks very "dry" and has lost its "life" (I don't know who else to put it). I live in a very dry climatic area in which we normally run humidifiers in the house.

Is there any oil I can aply to the stock to revive it or just leave it alone?

Thanks,
Kory

I use Minwax paste every now and then.

I called Cooper this morning (duh!) and they told me they use Lemon Oil. I have some and I will try it out. Being in such try weather is great because you don't really worry too much about rust, but it is hell on the wood.

Thanks for you suggestion, dempsey.

Kory

You may want to add a bit more thinned tung oil finish, and rub it in really well.

Anybody ever used "Bore Butter"? Somebody, I forget who, suggested I try it on a stock and I'll be damend if it didn't work. Smells good too.

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Originally posted by billhilly66:
Anybody ever used "Bore Butter"? Somebody, I forget who, suggested I try it on a stock and I'll be damend if it didn't work. Smells good too.

Actuially, Cooper suggested Bore Butter too, but they said it makes the stock somewhat slippery, so they only recommend that you use it when you are going to store the gun for a while.

Kory

Okay, hermit in the cave here, what the #$%# is bore butter?

Just did a search and found it. Sorry, I am not going to put a lubricant on a gun stock. In earlier times people used to rub some gun oil on the stocks. You can find wonderful old double where the oil from the metal has soaked into the wood and essentially ruined it.

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Originally posted by Customstox:
Okay, hermit in the cave here, what the #$%# is bore butter?

Just did a search and found it. Sorry, I am not going to put a lubricant on a gun stock. In earlier times people used to rub some gun oil on the stocks. You can find wonderful old double where the oil from the metal has soaked into the wood and essentially ruined it.

So Chic, are you against even lemon oil on the stock?

Kory

FYI, one of the main components of bore butter is mineral oil.

There are so many better things out there, why use this stuff?

I use a mix of turpentine and spar varnish, or I use Arrow Oil, or winrest oil, or ....

Brent

On a finished stock I would buy a bottle of Tru Oil stock Sheen, its mostly a topical preservative of Carnuba...

Oil causes stock rot. and adding any kind of finish on a finished stock is putting finish on top of wax most of the time and thats not particularly a good idea IMO..Funiture polish builds up so I don't like that...

I will stick with a Carnuba stock polish of some kind..

The Bore Butter use comes from John at New Jersey Firearms Guild. It is the best for storing your Cooper and can also be used on your Cooper if you think you might expose the stock to rain. Tru Oil and mineral oil are always a good standby. The other thing you can do is send it to the factory and they will put a couple extra coats on the rifle. Cooper does not charge to do this.

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Originally posted by Kory:

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Originally posted by billhilly66:
Anybody ever used "Bore Butter"? Somebody, I forget who, suggested I try it on a stock and I'll be damend if it didn't work. Smells good too.

Actuially, Cooper suggested Bore Butter too, but they said it makes the stock somewhat slippery, so they only recommend that you use it when you are going to store the gun for a while.

Kory

Unless Cooper is using something different I would not put lemon oil on any of my wood stocked guns. Lemon oil as I know it is a base of petroleum distillates with lemon sent added. Depending on what the stock was originally finished with lemon oil could make the finish as dull or more so in a few days. I'd do what Ray suggested.