A bit late now, but I suggest disassembling the weapon, gently sand the wood down and darken it with wood varnish. Remove the top round head screw and replace it with a slightly shorter counter sunk screw, fill in the top of the hole using brown wood filler and the wood varnish. Fit a leather sling instead of the canvas one.
First! great Video, I really want to get one but I'm up in Canada, and because they resemble a "modern weapon" they're illegal. I'll have to try and make a wooden replica.
@@averymoser8606 For Sure, they also sell plain m1 Garand stocks in Canada, and somehow those aren't illegal, so if I were to get one of those I could pretty easily make a bolt and barrel out of wood...but those are pretty much my only options
