Dean and others are hitting around very close to it.
All the high end guns -- Parker and otherwise -- had stained stocks. Thus in any refinish the stock must be re-stained to look right.
But... each company had its own form of stain. Almost all English gun stocks were stained with an alkanet root stain, usually extracted by soaking in some concoction of linseed oil and God knows what. This was sometimes called Dragon's Blood.
Usually, French polish is shellac, boiled linseed oil, and a lot of rubbing.
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