refinish and bed stock, what order?

[fastang50]

Hey all, have a surplus M14 stock to put my M1A in. Since I have a rear lugged receiver I had to open up the back of the stock a bit, so I need to bed that area in and fill the opening where the selector would have been in it's former life. It's also pretty crummy looking so I'd like to do a simple refinish of the stock. Am I best to hold off on the bedding until after I do the refinish or will the stock finish (stain/sealer) affect the ability of the bedding to adhere?
Thanks.

 

[IndyGunworks]

bed then refinish. that way if you have to sand down any bedding material that goes where it doesn't belong it doesn't matter because you are refinishing it anyways.

 

[fastang50]

that makes sense, thanks for the input

 

[red_zr24x4]

Instead of filling the selector cutout, go over to M14 Forum - M14 Forum for M14 M1A Rifles and look for the guy selling fake selector kits, it mounts to the inside of the stock and looks like a functional fun switch. This way you don't have a piece of filler wood that doesn't match the stock.