Handguard repairs

[nijalninja]

The problem with getting NOS guards and just putting them on as is is that this stock has been sanded and abused quite a lot, so fancy new guards will look ridiculous to say the least, but I am seeing some used ones around, just dont want to butcher up a perfectly fine set of old wood.

It is a very very ugly old rifle to say the least haha. I am however not familiar with the term of 'grain matching', may I ask for some explanation?

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[oldfoneguy]

The problem with getting NOS guards and just putting them on as is is that this stock has been sanded and abused quite a lot, so fancy new guards will look ridiculous to say the least, but I am seeing some used ones around, just dont want to butcher up a perfectly fine set of old wood.

It is a very very ugly old rifle to say the least haha. I am however not familiar with the term of 'grain matching', may I ask for some explanation?

I didn't install them as purchased. It took months to distress and stain them to match the original stock. I have to admidt it was kind of tough to rough up these perfect parts but the end result came great. No one who sees the rifle has even suspected that they weren't original.