I think Kensal's comments are not meant to be applied to every single gun stock ever made but rather most, or even many, of them. I could be wrong.
It's probably fair to say that once a stock has been oil soaked, there's no returning to its former strength. If a stock has never seen 'oil soak' or other abuse, and it was a good piece of wood to begin with, it's probably still close to its original strength.
When you consider all the wood that's 'inletted' out of the head of a stock, it's a miracle any of them hold up as well as they do.
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