Finishing a couple new rifles

[Kurt]

I had CPA Rifle build me three new rifles. A .44-75 Ballard, .44-100 Rem St. and a .45-90. I ordered these rifles with the wood in the standard grade and in the raw to finish them myself. I normally don't like the glossy finish on my gunstocks. I like to use Formsby's Tung Oil for a finish on my wood and normally I use the low gloss. The oil does a fine job sealing the wood what is important to me because at times at a match when it starts to rain you shoot in the rain unless lightning shows up. These stocks in the photo's have 12 coats of tung oil on them and the pores in wood the are pretty much filled. I think I might hold up putting more on till later.
One stock I buffed out with extra fine steel wool to take the gloss off and just rubbed the finish with a paper towel to bring a little shine back out and it is what I usually like.
The other stock I left the gloss on to see if I like it. That wood I rubbed the oil in with my bare hand till the oil was dry enough that a finger print does not show up but still tacky. I do this to all of my wood when I finish it and it fills the pores very well. But I just cant decide if I like the gloss or not, but it sure brings out the figure well.
Top is the .45-90 Silhouette rifle.
Middle .44-2.6-100 long range
bottom .44-2-5/8-90 Bn. long range rifle.

Gloss

Gloss knocked off