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I have had some guns, and actually still have some, on which the wood is softened somewhat, and darkened where it meets the metal, from years of coming into contact with gun oil. So, I am always careful to get as little gun oil as possible (preferably none) on my wood for that reason. I use linseed oil, or furniture oil on the stocks.
There is one product that I have that's called Ballistisol, and it can be used for metal and wood. It smells real bad though, so I don't like to use it much. I mostly only use it on my black powder gun, because it also works real good on BP residue. That gun has an oil finish, and I do use the Balistisol on the wood too.
Most of my gun stocks are either varnished or coated in polyeurethane to seal them once and for all, which I prefer, but my 12 ga. sxs shotty has an oil finish. I hunted with it in the rain, sleet, and snow one day this year and when I got home the wood looked awful. It took about 3 days and 5 coats of linseed oil to get her back to looking good again.
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