Semi-Auto Thompson Stock Adapter...

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by rhuff

A number of years ago I used oxalic acid...

Does Sarco still have 1928 stocks without the hardware? They used to have a ton of it, but the chance of color matching would be a crap shoot.

Thanks for the oxalic acid suggestion. (Ironically, I'm limiting oxalates in my diet to slow or stop the growth of a kidney stone--discovered in x-rays of my back to check out my sciatica a couple years ago.)

John Sabato and I have each purchased one from eBay, which is crawling with them. Mine is un-issued, his is the same but I believe it has a finish. There's a nice one listed, looks great, complete with hardware, for $110. Had I seen this one earlier, I would have bought it and saved myself a heap of time and effort.

The hardware for the complete one I did buy turned out to be a little rusty, but only in areas that won't show when installed, or are easy to clean up. *sigh* Funny how projects like this tend to grow in scope due to discoveries along the way. Anyway, I'm going to fabricate my own adapter plate and I'm pretty sure I can pull off the mods the lower receiver needs to accommodate it. I may forgo mechanical fasteners and plug weld the plate on with a TIG welder.