I stripped all the scratched and chipped old high gloss varnish off my wife's J.C. Higgins Levermatic .22 and refinished it with five coats of Formby's low gloss tung oil.Sanded with 0000 Scotchbrite between each coat. I could've gone for a few more coats to fill in all the pores, but it wouldn't look right with the somewhat worn metal on the rifle.