ar15 stock

[Ebjonnes]

Hello ,I`m a newbie leatherworker. I want to cover a AR15 butstock and forearm in cowhide.What weight of leather should I use? Should I contact cement the leather to the aluminum stock and try to hide the seam with a tight buttjoint,or lace it on,or lace@glue? Any suggestions or opinions and advice would be appreciated.

[Rickk]

I would lace it on and see if that holds it with no glue. If you need glue, lace it without glue on and dampen it. You can put a plastic bag over the stock to keep it from getting wet. repeat the wetting process a few dtimes, tightnening the lacing any time it seems loose. That will make the leather conform perfectly to the stock. If you still need to, you can stick a few blobs of contact cement  under it afterwords to keep it from moving. If more commonly available "contact cement" doesn't hold well, "Barge Cement" will.