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[Dean Romig]

You can try it with the stock finish left intact but you may have better results if the finish is stripped. I would suggest to first try steaming the dings without stripping the finish.

Wet a hand towel and wring out most of the water. lay the moist towel over the affected section of the stock and with an electric clothes iron set on high hold the iron against the towel in the area in which you want to raise a dent. Do not let the towel dry out and check it every minute or two for progress. I've seen my Dad do it and it worked very well if the dent wasn't too severe.

[OH Osthaus]

Someone had put some sort of varnish over the stock, it was flaking badly and has already been removed. The wood actually looks very good on the buttstock. Nothing more to do there until the drop is corrected, it doesn't need to move much.

the stock



you can see the little chip near the buttplate and a little damage on the comb