Stock staining

The tenite stock on my Father's 124 Stevens has given up the ghost. I was able to order a walnut buttstock from Boyds on close out. They are discontinuing this model. Good used Tenite buttstocks are nonexistant. Boyds does not make a walnut forend. If I have to, I'll make one but it's not an easy project as it holds the a magazine tube, spring, etc. I'm wondering if anyone here has ever stained a stock to match a forend? I'd like to finish this stock with about 7 - 8 coats of wet sanded, thinned boiled linseed or perhaps thinned Truoil until the last 2 coats. I've done this before and the results were pretty nice for a first time try. Anyway, I'm thinking if I dry sand the stock to furniture grade and stain that I could remove the stain in spots and make a blotchy finish when sanding. Perhaps I could blend the stain into the linseed and stain as I go but don't know what proportions I should try. Last time I wet sanded with 1000 grit and 50-50 min spirits and linseed for 2 coats. Then went 1/3-2/3 for two coats, then went 20-80 for two, then 1 sanding with straight Truoil and then a truoil finish coat with no sanding. I used increasingly finer grits as I went. Where might I add the stain to try and match the dark brown tenite color we all know and love.   RD

Edited by Rockydog

   I haven't seen one of those stocks. Generally when staining the wet sand option is ditched as it makes a mess of the stain job. Will tenite take stain?

have you ever seen the tv shows of the guys painting steel
doors to look like rosewood or other woods ? the same
should apply , sadly my faux finish friend has moved out of
state and lost contact but i believe the oil finish part
will be out , a deep red brown stain with highlites of
black mite do the trick , spot/mottle a lil black and then
use a stain the color of tenite on top would be my best
guess , the black should of soaked into the wood and the
brown should be thin enough to see some black thru it ( all
speculation on my part ie; try on scrap first )

Most large home remodeling stores (Lowe's, etc) have wood-look finishing kits (aka paint) that will work on plastic, steel etc.

I had a cheap gun that someone refinished that way, looked real good, even had grain.

My plastic stocked 1940s Steven pump has not deteriorated, and the tenite has a grain like swirl to the walnut color.  Not beautiful, but OK.  looks better than the black syn stocks of today.