Yea, I'm not too crazy about the brown anyway.

Take it by a reputable gun smith, he'll help ya out or fix ya up.

May have found a recoil pad, so thats out of the way. I sanded and re-stained the stock and it came out a very nice color. exactly what I was looking for. Then I sealed it with a high gloss polyurothane. This is was a mistake. I could neary see my dang reflection in the thing. A tad bit way too shiny! I removed all of this and now I have a question. After I re-stain it, again, what should I seal i with. I am tempted to try a semi-gloss polyurothane but want o be certain first. What do you guys think? Will that still be too shiny? I'm not sure if I should try it or not. Is there something else that will work well?

Straight oil finish without the stain looks sweet, had a Browning Citori done that way

Maybe try some Tung oil. I have used it several times to finish wood on different things.

That may be what it's was Mr Gerald, I don't remember been about 10-12 years ago, but it came out gorgeous!!!!

I bought the gun at a garage sale & it looked like it had been drug down several miles of gravel rod, took the forearm & stock & sanded & oil finished & took barrel & receiver to gunsmith & had it parkerized, bought the gun for $75 & after it was finished had it appraised for $1100 ;)

Nice! Do you think I could do that after I re-stain it????

Boiled Linseed oil with about a 1/3 of turpentine is what it was, warm the wood stock & oil by setting in the sun, let dry or soak up polish with OOOO steel wool then repeat several times, the more coats the better plus the look & color will change after each application grain in wood will stand out.

do you have picture of that gun?

Not with me, I'll have check when I get home. Shoulda never sold that gun :(
Gotta a couple more that need refinishing, may have to get on them.

Here's a picture of an oil finish, got picture from the net, mine looked real similar. The more defined the grain the better it will look

If I remember correctly...... Linseed oil finish is just a little lighter than Tung oil.

If you use either of these oils...........in a few years you may want to give the gun stock a recoating to make it look like new again.

I saw something online called tru-oil. It is supposed to work well, not sure where to get it around here though. I want something I wont have to order and wait for. Where can I get the stuff you guys mentioned locally?

That tru-oil is made by Birchwood Casey, cheap stuff & looks cheap, boiled linseed oil or tung oil can be bought at any home depot, lowes are hardware

Dang it!!! You got me fired up to do another one or 2!!!! :)

Btw....get turpentine also helps thin it & helps soaks into the wood

Never tried doing that.

I just wipe it on with a rag to give it a good coating. Let it dry good and give it a light scrubbing with some very fine steel wool. Then recoat and steel wool lightly again. Finished.

Wear plastic glove....that will keep your hands cleaner.

Well, I read all the reviews about the different oils to use and most people say its better not to use with an oil based stain. So, I went with the clear satin polyurethane. It came out pretty good, I am deff satisfied. I brougt out the color depth in the stain with just mild enough shine and all the protection of a polyurethan. The recoil pad didnt fit as well as I thought it would though. I think I can make it work with a little effort.

Them Revelations were sold at Western Auto when I was a kid.
That was my first pump shotgun. Revelation .410 pump.
My dad had to get the stock shortened cause of my age.
I still got that gun.

Yea, I guess I will have to post one!

Took a lot of research to get any info on these things. Western Auto sold different guns at the time made by popular manufacurers, just under a different name. Some include Mossberge, Savage, Marlin etc. The most poplular Revelation is the pump action modeled after the Mossberge 500. Mine is actually an Italian import modeled after the Franchi Al48. Not too many semi-auto revelations out there anymore.