Good, DO IT IF YOU WANT ! 
I have a 51R Tula, i dropped in the ATI, cold blued my bolt, looks nice, i blued the front end where it was wearing, I did a black spray paint job on the ATI tock to make it look better than straight plastic, I also used the Tapco 5/20 in the mag, Havent modded my original stock for the detachables though, not yet anyway. I have a muzzle brake on it as well as a foregrip and a bipod. I tried to do a cold blue job on the Bayo but it didnt seem to take, whatever the bayo is coated in , maybe spray paint at some point too. The original stock, i want to take some pics and put up when i get the time, I was going to use the Black satin poly shade Minwax and do all black, then decided to change it to golden oak glossy. Duct taped off some of the black i wanted to keep, used the stripper again and did the rest. Result is a cool looking 1 of a kind finish that looks almost tiger stripy. I will show it off when i get to take some pix. But Mod what you want, its your gun. Enjoy how you like. I want a nicer SKS though for stock and pretty looks anyway. But my first 1 will be my project do anything rifle
I have a 51R Tula, i dropped in the ATI, cold blued my bolt, looks nice, i blued the front end where it was wearing, I did a black spray paint job on the ATI tock to make it look better than straight plastic, I also used the Tapco 5/20 in the mag, Havent modded my original stock for the detachables though, not yet anyway. I have a muzzle brake on it as well as a foregrip and a bipod. I tried to do a cold blue job on the Bayo but it didnt seem to take, whatever the bayo is coated in , maybe spray paint at some point too. The original stock, i want to take some pics and put up when i get the time, I was going to use the Black satin poly shade Minwax and do all black, then decided to change it to golden oak glossy. Duct taped off some of the black i wanted to keep, used the stripper again and did the rest. Result is a cool looking 1 of a kind finish that looks almost tiger stripy. I will show it off when i get to take some pix. But Mod what you want, its your gun. Enjoy how you like. I want a nicer SKS though for stock and pretty looks anyway. But my first 1 will be my project do anything rifle
