Justin1974
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- Nov 14, 2007
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I was lucky enough recently to inherit a Win. Model 94 (.30-.30) from my father-in-law. Its been on a gun rack in a sunny room for 20 years collecting dust. It was his "spare" deer rifle that just never made it out during hunting season. I'm no stranger to rifles but this is my first lever action and oh boy are these things cool. In a world full of semi autos now, the lever action is just John Wayne cool. I spent some time cleaning the dust off of it, first with a quick wipe of WD-40 and than Murphy's Oil Soap for the stock and forearm. I shot 20 rounds through it to make sure the action was working well and the bore was bright and shinny. However, being in that sunny room all those years left the wood sun bleached on one side. Its actually really obvious that one side is rich and darkish and the other side is dried out and blonde faded wood............so here is my question; would it decrease the value of the gun if I refinished the wood ? I want to dismantle the furniture from it and sand and re finish, but not if there is some sort of value in the wood remaining original. My understanding is that there are millions of Win. model 94s out there, so it should be no difference right ?