colourwise its up to personal choice really but i think at least a mild stain just to give it a golden creamy colour as the wood on these stocks is really pale,personally i like a really ritch nutty brown.but dont oil it till after staining or you'll have to rub it down again.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
have picked up a tin of Duratough coloured varnish in natural beech (satin) should bring out the grain nicely 
decided to leave to beech, the wood/grain was slightly red after loads of sanding, looked like it had a shade of pink when the light hit it 
rubbed the stock down again and used american walnut over peruvian mahogany, very very happy with it 
gonna wax this stock instead of the hales oil I used on the gas version
also polished the butt plate and rear stock round bits? or whatever they are called ? 
i used a lot of ally black on this one untill i saw it was allmost exaxctly like the paint finish of the original and ive only done it on the parts that need it now as its not worth it, plus after removeing the paint the front barrel piece it was a verry loose fit and i had to wrap tape around it to take out the slack.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
I tried the alloy black on the outer barrel with the gas K98, wasnt really that impressed either, ended spraying the barrel with Plasti-kote fast dry enamel, going to use the same stuff on the springer version, all the cast parts on the original dboys where treated with phillips professional blue, was very happy with the finish
stock is now ready to varnish, just wondering whether to go for a polyurethane satincoat or mattcoat on this one, used hales gun stock oil on the gas version, put on 4 coats and it looks like it still needs another 10! 
oiling stocks takes days,the first few coats go in quick but a few days later it looks bone dry again ,been oiling this one periodically for over a week now and is getting a nice look now.
i dropped one of the plastick guide rings that the bolt slides inn onto the floor in my shed earlier... 1.5 houres sweeping ... i eventually found it in the bin 
the language got bad.
i re-made the bolt that holds the bolt handle on today ,previously i'd just copied the dboys rod that held the safety cluster onto the bolt adding a thread to go into the vsr bolt but it was prone to bending.ive re-designed it so its not held on by only a grub screw ,its a whole lot better now while still haveing a functioning bolt lock as per the dboys original.mutch happier now
now all ive got to do is cut the detail for the stripper clip and shape the breech a little and its finished 
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
clipper strip hole has been done on mine along with the side cut, just need to shape the bolt release and fit that next
has anyone else used varnish on theirs?
i was so close tonight that i failed to stop,i think its finally finished pending some garden plinking tomorrow when its light. 
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
looks good
still need to put the extra aluminium band round the front of the receiver on mine as well, was it easy to do?
easy if you have a lath,i didnt use the dboys bit, it looked a little labour intensive i just turned one up instead,probably took just as long as fileing out the bdoys one but a lot less sweat and a better fit the colours dont look so different in the flesh,just the flash but the ally i made it out of went a nice blue where as the pot metal went blackish
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
nice
I have some 3mm thick aluminium sheet with which I will make a collar to go over the top of the vsr receiver
the ally sheet is a better bet than re-shapeing the dboys bit,oh by the way i found that round bit behind the bolt handle from the old vsr clone that you were after while sweeping the shed, if its of any use to you now let me know and its you'rs.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
which clone vsr is it from? is it the JG bar-10? if so its a different size to the ACM one 
it was a tercel china clone.hole sizes -large rear hole 8.5mm
-small rear hole 5.5mm
-large inner hole 11.5mm
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
just measured the ACM one, same size! perfect
i'll pop it in the post tomorow,dont worry about postage if the last one went as a large letter then you can give me a peanut when i see you
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
looks good Gav nice colour might have to have another go at mine
you just have to be brutal when sanding,there's a white layer under the varnish and its waxy so its all got to go before staining,then tons of oil for days.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
i'll pop it in the post tomorow,dont worry about postage if the last one went as a large letter then you can give me a peanut when i see you
Nice one fella pop in your return address and I will send you a packet 
its in the post this afternoon ,first class no less so it should be with you before christmas.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
