Best oil or preservative for wood stocks in very dry climate?

[msmp5]

It's very dry where I live, the humidity generally ranges from 15% - 35% year round. What is the best preservative or oil to use to rub on wood stocks to keep them from drying out, cracking, etc?

 

[Ranger99]

All my wooden gunstocks get
Johnson's paste wax every year
Sometimes more often depending

If I have a stock off for whatever
reason, I put JPW in the inleting
or barrel channel, etc. and don't
wipe it out, allow it to dry

 

[msmp5]

All my wooden gunstocks get
Johnson's paste wax every year
Sometimes more often depending

If I have a stock off for whatever
reason, I put JPW in the inleting
or barrel channel, etc. and don't
wipe it out, allow it to dry

Ranger99: Just curious ..... Are you in the "dry" part of Texas?

 

[Ranger99]

Right now, it's all dry
111F yesterday
Still 99F later last night
89F now

I like JPW because it's good stuff
and protects well from all the extreme
weather I've been out in.
Also helps to prevent scratches from
briars and such.
The exception is some synthetic
stocked firearms that received the
krylon treatment. They're exempt
from waxing at waxy-waxy time

 

[P89DCSS]

Waxing, tung oil and BLO don't seal. Instead, they slow the movement of moisture in and out of the wood. If you want to seal your stocks you'll need to use polyurethane varnish.

 

[Slamfire]

I have linseed oiled stocks to the point they don't absorb more, than urethaned over that. It used to be that you added linseed oil to the wood after cleaning.

Linseed oil was extensively used around the WW1 era as a wood preservative. Probably earlier. Oil finish meant hand rubbed linseed oil.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

I like tru oil. Gives the wood a nice shine too.