That is easily & commonly done, remove one finish and replace with another.....using the same stain and varnish that the original factories used.....with no sanding........it's a very common practice.....
This is a thread about opinions...NOBODY REALLY CARES what you or anyone else does with their guns......it is a cross section of opinions from both sides....cut 'em up or don't cut 'em up....called "butchering".........like your home made Fox forend tip mod, you can put compasses in the stocks, drill holes everywhere and anywhere or nowhere....add slings & extra holes or choke tubes & re-cut the chambers and bores, blinking sights, inlay shiney pearly things, engrave your girl friends phone number somewhere, ---WHATEVER.....who cares.....---NOBODY---......
Zero wood was removed on this gun BTW.....
