Originally Posted by WRE1
How did this method work? Inquiring minds want to know.

Well, I tried and I tried, but I didn't see much improvement, that being said, the stock had received a fair bit of damage, in addition
to that dent in the pistol grip, a chunk was broken off the toe, and there was a repaired crack in the stock just behind the receiver.
Someone rounded off the wood by the toe and put a recoil pad on and shortened the toe on that to match the missing wood and refinished
the stock. I spliced a new piece onto the toe, fitted a Winchester buttplate and reglued the crack behind the receiver. I wonder if with
all the years that dent had been there and with the stock having been refinished with the dent in place, just how much improvement could be expected.
That being said, I am grateful for the advice received here. I just have to fill the grain and refinish the stock.