What do you use to wipe down your wooden stocks ?

[Lochlainn]

Thanks for all the replies folks. I will definitely have to give some those products a try!

[VINNY]

I use a silcone cloth on the metal, and I used Carnu b car wax on 2 of my wooden stocks.

I used Howard Feed and Wax on all my other wooden stocks. A guy that makes custom wood furniture and gun stocks told me he uses it. good stuff, beautiful finish, no oily residue!

I dont do anything to my synthetic stocks just because I don't know what to do with them!!

[Jonesin]

I dont do anything to my synthetic stocks just because I don't know what to do with them!!

I have cleaned my BC stock with some warm water and a tiny bit of dish detergent added so it just barely has some bubbles floating on the top.

[geewhiz380]

Hello airgunners, I also use ballistol works great on stock and metal....use it before its rain to protect the metal from rusting from the film it devoleps.....it cleans & dissolves traces of lead...it forms a film to protect the metal against rust...one thing u will notice and its the stock looking a little darker from the penetration it has...this is what it says on the lable and trust me it does what it says ...I been using it for over 2 years and im very content...i use to buy it at p.a but i see they no longer sell it ....

[tullja]

I use Scott's Liquid Gold spray. I put some on an old wash cloth, wipe it on the stock, then put it in a sealable plastic bag ( zip-loc ).
I just bought a Tibet Almond Stick today and tried it. I recall seeing it in the old Beeman catalogue's. It is for covering up light scratches on many types of wood. Seems to work good. I got it from the local Ace Hardware. The proper name is : Zenith Tibet Almond Stick.

[only1harry]

I have been using Ballistol for almost 3yrs for both wood and metal but recently got some Carnuba wax (for the stock) which also works well.  I stocked up on Ballistol back then and only paid $5-6 for the big bottles.  The spray does not last long if you use it regulary.  I would recommend the Ballistol liquid bottle.  You get a lot more from it.  Wash your rags well or with bleach (if they are white) in the washing machine to get the Ballistol off.  I have about 15-20 dedicated rags for that stuff because the rags turn brown badly.  The smell takes a little getting used to but it's supposed to be harmless.

I have also used Ballistol to clean the bore a couple of times, but I read somewhere about a year ago, that it sometimes leaves a slightly thicker than desired film in the bore.  A couple of people said not to use it for bore cleaning, so I stopped.  I did notice a slight drop in velocity after I ran a patch of Ballistol through a couple of my Springers, so my guess is there was some added friction while the pellet was traveling through it.  The velocity goes back up slowly or after a while as the Ballistol wears off in the bore, but it was kind of negligeable (10-15fps).

Good info on the wood oils and waxes here.  We haven't discussed this topic for a while.  I forget the info every 6mos, so I 'm glad that people ask the question again to refresh my memory and revisit my options