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Can't wait to see your finished project.

Here is a few pics of the 1949 stock project.

All I tape is the stock. Here it is all buttered up with Accraglass gel mixed with the stock dust from sanding. I bedded the entire action, tang and magazine well completely:



This is all I tape on metal. One layer on the front and sides of recoil lug. I use hardwood carnuba paste wax as release agent:



Wow does that look ugly all pressed and screwed together with stockmaker screws



I use a popsicle stick cut at a flat tip and scrape the excess off 10 minutes after screws are tightened:



And 24 hours later when I pulled her apart, took the tape off:



It always is a little nerveracking when you press the stock in when it is full of epoxy.