Half the people who call themselves stock men think Trueoil is the perfect finish and the secret is to slap it on extra thick. They call that refinishing. I call that crap.
Number one thing to do when repairing any stock is save every tiny sliver you can. Second is prep work. No glue sticks worth a darn if the stock still has too much oil in it. You must get all the oil out of the wood. Then you need to put it all back together in a dry run. Find all the cracks as well, because if you leave a crack in a stock it is not going to heal, at best will stay the same which is weak or worse crack more. Then after you have it all back in place you need to see if it needs more reinforcement such as a new price of wood inlet into the stock. Staining and finishing is last and too many want to jump into this step.
To me it's like putting a jigsaw puzzle back together then figuring out why it broke and how to make it stronger. Dewey and the Stock Doctor along with maybe four or five others can almost take a pile of splinters and put them back together in a stock. Then they can blend it to the point the repairs look as good as new. An art as well as a skill. But don't be afraid to try to fix your gun. You will learn a lot and the gun is not a high grade gun. It is a great basic learning stock repair job and the knowledge gain will help you evaluate gun stocks in the future.
