Rifle stock finish

[Highlander999]

This is a little off topic for Wild West guns, but I have a Weatherby Mark V Magnum (a German made gun), that has two nicks about 1" to 1 1/2" log, and that are where like barb wire has caught it etc, into the wood. 

If I would take tru-oil and a match stick, could I just gently fill that scratch and pretty well cover it?  Or is there a better fix?  I know this is more of a glossy lacquer etc. 

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Steve

[Laredo Crockett]

This is just another subject that I ain't an expert on, howsomever, yes, you could touch it up with Tru Oil on a matchstick or a properely trimmed water color brush. I would think though that you will first have to use some stain similiar to the original stain-you might try brown shoe stain. I t hink that brownell's may sell some stuff to repair nicks, scratches etc. Re shoe stain-some of the prettiest stock refinish jobs that I have ever seen were done by an old guy who  used just that-brown shoe stain, followed by 13 coats of sprayed on Tru Oil. He sanded between coats with 1600 grit paper.

[Highlander999]

You know, I used Tan leather dye to stain some grips for a Ruger.  I couldn't get the Onion Skin Tea, or even Regular tea to work.  So, I cut some hatch marks in the end, really small crossing marks, and then I cut a large deep line in the grip, and then over the butt, and across the butt resembling a crack in the ivory (all of this with a x-acto knife).  I think rubbed in tan leather dye, over and over and over.  I end up with an orangy yellow, much like the "Duke's" grips, and they were cracked, and the butt looked much like aged growth rings. 

So, I am a believer in leather dye, and I would think that shoe polish, as it has wax and oils too would make ver a very good stain.  I like tru-oil rubbed in to give the low luster finish, but, just applied like varnish, it often gives that high gloss sheen that I enjoy on my Weatherby.

Thanks for your response.

Steve