Inletting the Barrel & Tang:
The barrel was laid into the stock. I used a flat narrow ruler to align with the end of the barrel to make a square line across the end of the channel for the barrel to be inletted into the stock. Then lines were drawn along the sides of the barrel for the width of the barrel. Using chisels the wood was removed.
Next the barrel was blackened and then the rear wall of the channel was
marked by the barrel to ensure a solid contact between the end of the barrel and
the end of the barrel channel at the breech.
Once this was done, then the breech plug was reinstalled into the barrel. The
tang was bent to match the wrist of the stock. Then the
tang was inletted slowly so the tang was laying on the top of the stock.
Then the tang was inletted into the stock. 
Tenons Installed:
With the tang inletted, then the first tenon was prepared and then inserted
into the dovetail in the barrel. 
The excess metal along each side of the tenon was filed down prior to inletting
into the barrel.
The barrel with tenon was blackened and then inlet into the stock. Using my depth gauge, I determined the depth of the tenon. The barrel was reinstalled into the stock and clamped. I held the top barrel flat tight up against a square on my drill press table and drilled thru the stock and the tenon for the 3/32" pin.
Here is the tenon with the 3/32" pin inserted thru the tenon.
The tenons received from Jim Chambers were molded together. Here is where I
marked the width of the tenon on the barrel. 
Once the tenon was cut free, I used a triangular file to clean up the tenon dovetail.
I made a special file to file off the excess metal from the tenon to make it
flush with the barrel. The handle end of the file was bent so I could file
easier.
At this point, all three tenons are installed and all tenons are pinned with 3/32" pins.
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