C.J., that sounds similar to what I've been doing. I've been heating the wood with 200 watt shop lights--set about 3" from the wood. Every few minutes I wipe off the oil and let it heat again. Today I removed the forend iron and used two lights. The oil literally dripped off on the first heating. I've also been using a heat gun but being careful not to heat the wood too much. My goodness! I've never seen so much oil. I may have to resort to some of the more radical suggestions above but will see where this leads.
