old warriors
Congrats on your new rifle. I would, at the minimum, get a field gauge and check the head space, or have it done.
If you want to improve the wood, I took the GI wood on my shooter Garands, and scrubbed the snot out of them w/ simple detergent (clothes), a 5 gal bucket, and a stiff brush. The grease and oil streamed off them.
I then steamed the bad dents, using an iron and covering the dents with a soaked cotton cloth. Some of course, will just not raise. But that's OK, 'cause the stock retains its character. I then sanded and steel wooled the wood down, and refinished w/ many coats of handrubbed linseed oil. using steel wool after each coat had dried. I then did one coat of true oil, to add some waterproof qualities.
Big improvement, yet the stocks maintain character and their GI appearance.