Jim,<P>There was a good thread on stock finishing on the gunsmith board awhile back. I copied the posts, and will forward them to you. <P>If you want to do some of your own gunsmithing work, I highly recomend Brownells gunsmith kinks books, there is so much good info in there, even if you don't do all your own work, you'll have a better appreciation of what the gunsmith does, or should do.