Thats the finish? Doesn't look red at all to me. I didn't have any troubles with my stock, just had to make sure i got all the cosmoline out of it (sat it in the sun a lot) and stripped it and spent a good few hours sanding it. Let's see pics of that sniper you said you got!

Actually even after all that, theres still cosmoline that leeches out of the stock when i shoot it and the barrel heats up.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi