Anyway, I dug through my stocks and found a good donor stock that was tight enough fit that it needed a bit of wood removed around the tangs. It had been rounded over at the receiver, so I needed to work it over to bring it back.
Here's the "original" stock:
I roughed up the mating surfaces and began to mask off all adjacent wood. I also had to buy a repro buttplate, and fit it to the wood:
Next I mixed up Acraglass and applied it to the edges, and brushed all the metal sufaces with grease to relaese the metal, then put it together:
Forearm picture, after I removed the tape from the metal:
After a few hours, I remove the wood from the buttplate and receiver. Best to not let it set completely before trying to remove the wood, as it can be tough the next day!
Since the buttplate was a repro, sanding was done with it in place for a close fit:
Sanding on the wrist was done off the gun, and with careful use of a sanding block to eliminate rounding over. This needs a little more to remove the last of the epoxy and make that dark edge disappear:
Once it was blended in and finish sanded, I applied a thin coat of Tapadero stain, which gives the reddish color used on Marlins and Winchesters. I had to build this up until it closely matched the forearm color, and hope it stays close once I apply finish:
Finished stocks will be buffed out to same sheen as the forearm, once it cures for a few days. I rub them with Behlen Master finish rub, then buff with MinnWax paste later.
I removed the factory rear sight, and made a custom filler blank, then installed a Hepburn receiver sight in the factory holes:
Ready to go to the range:
The object is to make the stocks look like they're the same age as the forearm, not make everything look new on a well aged gun.-Vall
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