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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:
![Image](http://san1.atlanta.gbhinc.com/GB/109682000/109682274/pix949382125.jpg)
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:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk1.jpg)
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:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk3.jpg)
Forearm picture, after I removed the tape from the metal:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk6.jpg)
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!
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk5.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk4.jpg)
Since the buttplate was a repro, sanding was done with it in place for a close fit:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk9.jpg)
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:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk10.jpg)
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:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk11.jpg)
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.
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk12.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk13.jpg)
I removed the factory rear sight, and made a custom filler blank, then installed a Hepburn receiver sight in the factory holes:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk14.jpg)
Ready to go to the range:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/marlinguy/93stk15.jpg)
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