I second ballistol, I stay away from any solvent combination oils especially if you clean in your house, dangerous stuff. Early stocks are stained and should be dark, I don’t think the wood is as “dirty” as you think, too often I see people assuming a laminate K98k stock should look blonde, depends on the maker/date, and issued/ non issued. Then there’s the issue of “factory” finish vs field applied whatever it may happen to be and therefore “original” to its bring back condition. You see a lot of k98’s with wax applied between the metal and wood line for instance, often this can be useful as an indicator to determine whether or not a rifle has been apart before. I have a prewar rifle for instance that appears to have had sap or something applied inside of old deep battle scars to presumably seal them out. There are some rather uncommon k98’s where the value/ condition should preclude any disassembly imho. The chance for maring the fore end or buggering up tight screws for instance are issues, this is often far more of a concern on prewar rifles as the tolerances are tighter on barrel band fit and stock inletting etc. Much of my opinion is rhetorical though and not of much concern on your rifle, except that I don’t think there is much grunge on your stock, they aren’t like “surplus” weapons that sat in a humid armory for decades soaking up cosmoline into their porus stocks. Properly stored the stock shouldn’t be negatively affected for many years to come, it survived in that condition this long stored who knows how, nothing you apply to it will “revive” it any, just my opinions though. Nice rifle, I always liked BLM wouldn’t mind seeing more of it.
