New Stock Laid Out & Cut To Shape:

Made a pattern from the original stock. Laid the pattern onto the stock and cut it out.

Then drew lines onto the stock,  cut out the barrel channel and inlet the barrel into the stock.

Then I seated the breech of the barrel square into the wrist area.

Then I reshaped the tang and inlet the tang into the wrist of the stock. (Note this photo was taken later in the process)

Carved The Ramrod Channel:

Next I flipped the stock over and drew out the lines for the ramrod groove. Carved it out and used a depth gauge to 1/2 depth of the ramrod's thickness. Once this was done, I then drilled out the ramrod hole into the forearm to the depth of the inside of the barrel with the breech plug in place.

Inlet the Lock:

First the lock was aligned with the front bolster aligned with the midway point on the side of the barrel and the tale was centered in the wrist area. The lock bolster was inletted so the plate laid flat against the stock.  The wood was removed and the lock inletted and the excess surrounding wood is removed.

Note: I drilled out the lock bolt holes right after the lock panel was inletted and before I started inletting the internal parts of the lock. I used the holes predrilled in the lock as my pilot holes for these holes. Forward bolt is 8x32 and the rear bolt is 10x32.

Lock in Operation Movie:

Lines have been drawn out on the stock and ready for more wood removal.

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