$199 Gras Refurbishment From Royal Tiger Imports 

Leave it alone!! It looks great !!

You did a great job cleaning it up. No need to do anything more. It's a deadly relic that you will enjoy for many years to come!

IMHO - Leave it as is-is

Ide leave it or FULLY refinish it. But no middle of the road.

Issue I see is that you'll never get all that oil out of the stock and it will make it hard to stain properly.

I say leave it as is. Looks awesome now.

For the love of god… Leave it alone. Chris Farley voice lol

Leave it as it is. It’s got character. Cleaned up nicely.

Agree to leave it be. Although one possibility is a plum brown finish oviously a light hand and not too finished. Cool refurb.

Dont ever sand a stock. Just clean the wood

Yeah, I would make it look nice. Make it your own. Don't sand the stock. Use a water soluble stripper. Then see what kind of wood you have. Pick a nice stain or try just True Oil from Birchwood. Bring the metal to the white. Use a solvent to clean the bore, then check the bore if you have a bore sight. run a brass brush only. Oil, assemble, and enjoy.

Are you sure they were blued. A fair number of rifles from that age were issued in the white.

I bet that stock hasn't had a boiled linseed oil rub for 120 years or more. I'm thinking that giving the stock a little moisture might be a good idea long term with stock being about 150 year old wood. Just an idea...

will be interested in how the adapter works. i have one too also in good shape. seen thie adapter on one of your shorts but they are sold out. on waiting list. btw leave it as is. rare to get a good looking rifle from rti. shame to ruin the history!

Cool project sometimes after the deep clean they just look awesome the way they are 🌞

I'd say leave it alone. It looks great as is and I'd just continue to clean it to the best of your ability at this point.

With I could get one of these sent to the uk.

Find a junkier one to refinish

It looks perfect,

Another option (this would get you much hatred on RU-vid) bubba it to some hideous configuration 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

It's your rifle, so the decision is yours. If it was mine, I would leave it as is.

Looks good ,,,, leave it

If you need a Bayonet let me know I have a Gras bayonet and scabbard

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