Just a note on something my dad (also a gun nut) taught me-if your stock has many dings and scratches take a piece of window glass, and with good long gloves on, break it into pieces. The ones you can comfortablly hold in your hand-like 3" x 3" or so-are used for scraping off all the old finish quickly and easily. Then sand with fine sandpaper. Then get the stock wet with a rag, let it dry and sand with even finer paper. I have great success with this method of prep. Enjoy yourself! This is not work.