Stan, that is one heck of a job you did and the level of detail is very good. To be honest, I probably wouldn't have left that piece but good for you. Certainly can't hurt being there.
Craig, I appreciate your thoughts on this. You're not seeing things wrong. I just put the action together to see how much space was being taken up. This receiver is SMALL with a lot packed into it.
It hasn't been very easy to get a good pattern of the top tang. The receiver has a squarish section under the tang that has to be let into the stock. In addition there is a nub (for lack of a better word) at the bottom of the receiver that needs to be addressed. This sort of makes me think that I need to get the tang let down into the stock and then work the receiver back until it mates up with the face of the stock.
Then as you say I'll start fitting all the other parts.
Kirk
