ORIGINAL: cayugad
Have you given any thought on how dark you want the stock and what method you are going to use to finish it? It really does look like a nice piece of wood. The more I look at that the more I like it. Was there a lot of sanding needed to make the lock and barrel fit?
Barrel dropped right into place but i did some sanding with 2000 grit to make it smooth. The lock actually was darn near done except they make you file the point into the lock area so the lock drops into place. I stained the ramrod with Dark walnut and am going to go with it, I did a small part of the stock and then the inside of the barrel channel and its going to look good on this wood. Im going to do hand rubbed boiled linseed oil finish and probably around 30-40 coats of it. But im just going to bleach all the trimming for now and once i get the stock finished and stained, i will then decide if i want to brown everything or keep it bleached " Antiqued" Just finished drilling the holes for the nosecap and patch box and got all that stuff in place, Now im looking at the rear plate and see how i should place that on.