The last step after refinishing was to attach the reproduction butt plate. It was slightly oversize, so I used the standard technique used for fitting rubber recoil pads. Attach the buttplate and wrap the stock with painter’s tape for protection:
Polish the sanded edge of the butt plate with successive finer grades of paper (and a buffing wheel if you have one), and there you are:
(Update: Not too long after I finished the restoration, my friend started having second thoughts and wondered if I might sell it back to him. I said, sure, eventually. He made various offers of swaps, but I surprised him by just giving it to him the next time he dropped by.)
