Thanks, I think I'm going to stay with the hand rubbed finish. I want to avoid any shine if possible. After the last three hand rubbed coats, the stock is really dark. Looks good!I just hand finished.
Probably could have made it look "prettier" adding some stock finishers pumice or some very high grit sand paper but I was going for GI finish on the .223.
It will finish itself with use and additional oil.
My .308 I used tung oil and got a real deep shine finish.