John, Yes I have done all the work on the stock myself, my business which I sold to my son a few years ago had as a necessity metal working machines. I have a history, 40 years ago, of machine shop work in a shop that made a lot of dies. When my son and I came to terms it included in the buy out a new mill and lathe for me to take. I do all the internal cuts, in the stock and forend, that I can in the mill, it is manual but does have a dro, taking measurements from the action and bbls. Then the final fitting is done with chisels and scrapers ect. On the forend one can measure the taper of the bbls. and dia. and then use a .750 ball end mill to start the bbl. channels then scrape to fit. In the fairly near future I plan to restock a really beat up 20 gauge that I have used for quail for 30 years. If you guys would like, I could do kind of a show and tell from the start. To the collectors, these guns are only shooters, forgive my taking liberties in the restocking. Regards, JH
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