As its a 2A1 I'd stick to what it was issued with, I quite like the flat buttplate, Its one of few things that doesn't look too out of place, if you compare it with MG cars when they stuck a big black bumper on did away with the spoked wheels.....

Think its time I got mine out of the cabinet and continue with its restoration, although mine was a full rifle, like your fore-ends mine is wrapped also but doesn't affect the downloads I put through it, it came to me in a sorry looking state but after the black paint was removed and the varnish it didn't loo too bad, the problem with mine was nearly every thread was stripped and had gunge, bits of paper etc to help lock the screws..... thats why it went in the back of the cabinet.

Price seems to have crept up though in the UKicon, maybe due to calibre ?