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I sanded down some hardwood pistol grips to make them thinner. What do people recommend for re-finishing the wood?

Birchwood Casey makes a nice "kit" which has conditioner, stain, and a protectant. Ive never done wood grips with it but ive completed 2 BP kit builds.

Or you can simply use ordinary stain/laquer

TUNG OIL
(chinawood oil)

+1 for Tung Oil. I refinished some target grips on a S&W model 66 and they came out looking like new.
The gun is an older police carry so the right side grips were scarred. I sanded out the scratches and finished with tung oil. I took the recommendation from the guy at the local "high end" woodshop store (Woodcraft). I figured he knew what he was talking about. He did.
Good luck.

Do you know what kind of wood? Many of the exotics like Pau Ferro are heavy duty skin irritants and really need a wax-based finish to protect your hands from the wood.

I think they're American Walnut. I'll give tung oil a try.
thanks.

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I see 667 posts; I don't know what you're talking about :-) :-)

Tru Oil (Birchwood Casey product) works wonders. It's used on gun stocks a lot (and on guitar necks too). Other products are more suited to furniture refinishing.