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I would just leave the scratches alone. It shows the original finish is still on the stock.
Some guys take a mixture of tobacco juice & a few other ingredients & can duplicate the original arsenal finish. I don't mess with that & prefer a gun to have the scratches as that is part of the history. Just a linseed oil is all I use to keep wood moist & nice. That is all I recommend.
Here are a couple of links that touch base on the subject of wood stocks:
http://www.winrest.com/epoxy.html
http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting...nish/index.asp
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(Of The Troops & For The Troops)
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body; but rather a skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "WOW, WHAT A RIDE!"
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