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Joe, you could also try C. J.'s method but in the microwave instead of the oven.

Beware though because the stock can catch fire if you over do it. Rumor has it
it happened to CC/DT once.

JC

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.

You can use Whiting in its dry form and blow it off with an air hose or brush it off. What ever type of oil you have will wrak havoc if it stays in the stock. I would say a refinish would be a better alternative than letting the stock become soft.

Jim

Joe, I was not kidding about the microwave. Oily matters tend to heat up very
quickly in them so you can save a lot of time. You can try a minute at a time
and see how it comes along. You can even leave the foil out of the method
and just wrap it in the paper towels.

JC

I once got a 1/4 cup of oil out of the head of a big Lindner 10ga, steel barreled waterfowler. I employed the toaster oven method until no more dripped out then the Acetone soak.

Whiting works but is a PIA to get out of the inletting.

A fellow I know gets oil out of his stocks by putting the head in cat litter and putting the whole mess in his car trunk. He lives in New Mexico and I suppose his trunk gets hot. Probably would work in Amarillo, too. He just shifts the position of the stock when he thinks of it, and closes the trunk again. I think he said he did it for a couple of weeks. Daryl

Joe:

I have used the heat lamp method a lot. They will sometimes ooze oil for weeks. Usually follow this up with the acetone soak, but there's no chance of salvaging the original finish with this method.

Roy

When removing the oil don't we run the risk of removing the natural oils and making the stock more brittle? Just a thought.