Another stock attempting refinish...beech

[Geofois]

Hey guys,
Attempting to refinish my beech enfield stock to get it to match the handguard and butt stock more. At first it seemed pretty dark but I think thinning the true oil might have caused the birchwood casey stain to maybe lift out a little. I used 0000 steel wool and it got a little lighter but it actually looks nice to me. Repeated rubbings seem to indicate the color is set in fine and there is a thin layer of true oil now. My question is, has anyone used Winsor & Newton oil colour to make True Oil darker? I saw a youtube with a guitar guy show how to use it and looked fine. I just want to darken it down some more. WN is an oil based dye. The pigment is in linseed oil and mixed well with true oil. I got Raw Umber so it's a brown earthtone.
Added the before pic. As you can see it was fairly featureless but you could barely see some features.
Added a pic with the true oil and dye added. I just wiped it on with a cloth and will steel wool tomorrow. I'm sure it will lighten as I remove excess etc. I'll try to watch the tinting and see. If it's good and even then I'll do another coat. Probably 3 coats with dye in it will make it dark enough so that imperfections will fade away.

[W.R.Buchanan]

So what's wrong with that. It looks good to me.

Keep in mind Enfield's were not exactly show pieces with perfectly matching wood. They were slapped together as fast as humanly possible to meet Wartime Needs.

I would call what you've got good and put the gun back together and have some fun shooting it.

Here's a pic of mine and there were 3 different kinds and colors of wood involved. You just have to play with it until you are satisfied with the result.

That gun shoots better than it looks!.

Randy.

[Geofois]

Yours looks great. It's fine. I'm just gonna do 3 coats of true oil to even it out and 0000 steel wool in between. I'll let it dry longer since there is dye in the mix. I think I'll redo my first attempt at gun stocks on my 1894. You can't see from my blury pic but there is tiny brush marks. They might go away with the steel wool. The other enfield kids might make fun of me and call me names and not let me play in any enfield games.

[Geofois]

One coat of dye with true oil. I put it side by side with prior to that. Just a little darker after 0000 steel wool.