When Ray Price still had Cochise custom Guns in Sierra Vista, AZ, prior to moving his operation to Washington state, he often had a border patrolman named Cooper work part time for him. He was an artisan in his own right and built some beautiful flintlocks and shortened Mod 92 Winchesters, ala "Wanted Dead or Alive" TV show (it was the '70s). He stocked them in beautiful tiger tail similar to your blank and used a stain which consisted of tar diluted in mineral spirits, followed with a grain filled finish of LINSPEED oil. They were fabulous and rivaled any walnut stock I've ever seen for depth of beauty.
