Cool project, I just did mine last January.My original stock had some dings , so I stripped mine.I then squared up the front, reshaped the tail stock and added a poplar handgrip.I filled all the dings and molded the area around the new handgrip with Bondo and then painted with Black texture paint.I am still making a light mount and a sling.Have fun thee are great little projects ,that can be done on a budget.Dave