If we use this thread as a suggestion thread. I might add that for shotguns, the forearm is the most difficult part to do. For novices, I might suggest keeping their existing forearm and merely resanding and/or recheckering. Some guns are especially difficult like the forearms for the Browning Superposed's which require fitting three different dimensions at one time. Some Pratzee forearms are especially difficult. Maybe that is why Pratzee forearms seldom match the buttstock wood. Tight feather or burl on forearms can cause problems as feather can unleash considerable stresses (Crossed Chisels actually had one break the forearm metal once) and tight burl in a small forearm is simply waiting to break. Keeping the forearm plainer with correct color and lots of checkering to hide the plainer wood is an excellent idea.
