I bought a slightly damaged stock off the yellow classifieds ; I started stripping it to refinish and decided the wood was just too plain and the factory finish was too tough to get off , so I sanded smooth everything and shot it with a couple of coats of Rust-oleum textured black ,followed up with a coat of Deft satin clear wood finish to seal the finish . I've set this carbine up to shoot match class airgun benchrest with a BSA Platinum 36X target scope. I lowered the power to <7fpe to comply with the rules. I think she kinda tactical , if there is such for airguns . Would make a nice pest bird or chipper sniper rig , if I did such. kirby