Best way to refinish a gun stock

[Blackrider]

Beech in my experience is not easy, I've attempted about half a dozen in my time and none were 100% to my satisfaction.
The problem comes with the end-grain which allows whatever you use to soak in leaving a much darker tint.

Nowadays I just leave them alone and give them an occasional wipe down with Balistol or similar.

[vestlenning]

Beech in my experience is not easy, I've attempted about half a dozen in my time and none were 100% to my satisfaction.
The problem comes with the end-grain which allows whatever you use to soak in leaving a much darker tint.

It's a lottery. No problem with the end grain on this one but not much colour elsewhere either:

[isobar]

the problem i have found with refinishing previously stained beech is being unable to remove all the old stain.one way round this is to restain and finish with a tinted varnish to blend the patchy look of the wood.