Chemical stripper. Get it to bare wood. Toothbrush to clean out the checkering.

If you want a gloss or satin finish that is bulletproof, get a two part table top epoxy resin. It would be the last finish you would need on the firearm.

Or you could go camo, and buy a few cans of Krylon.
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