Here's a new idea I had about finishing a hunting rifle. Its a cheap method and is very functional and looks perty decent.

Take a wood stock of choice (mine was a cheap factory wood stock) and throw it into the sand blaster. Blast the wood just enough to create a rough finish and you will start too see the wood grain start to become exagerated. Try to get the finish as uniform as possable so you can paint a rattle can rough textured coat of paint on it.

It turned out perty cool and has that rough surface so it wont slip in even gloved hands. Total cost was about 5 bucks because the stock was just an old stock from a donor rifle.