OK, I went for broke and refinished two rifle stocks & here's what happened. I used the Behlen "Bood Red" dye first. No stripping at all. All I wanted to do was refinish as they needed no sanding. I then used a couple of coats of Kramer's Antique Restorer and was going to use it as a final finish but it removed a lot of dye. Reapplied dye, two more coats. I then got a hold of some Waterlox Satin Finish but as one rifle has a pewter tipped forearm I tested it on a pair of garden shears for adhesion. After drying it wouldn't rub off. I then called Waterlox & tech support said it adheres to metal tenaciously. So, back to the good old Tru Oil. Four coats with light 0000 steel wooling after each coat (and 24 hrs. between coats). WOW!! That Behlen dye is the belle of the ball!! My rifles look like 19th century rifles right out of the factory!! Polished to a hand rubbed sheen!! Thanks for the Behlen dye tip, fellas!! Sorry, I cannot post photos as I have no cam. I'm sure a fella could probably take the finish out to the nth degree if he wanted to apply a Salopian or Dig London type multiple hand rubbed coats of linseed oil finish, but it would be hard to beat this combo I used IMO.