Well I have had to eat crow before and it didn't taste good then and it doesn't taste good now. I am about to take a BIG spoon full. To any and all persons I may have offended with my comments on the expense of stocking a shotgun I apologize. I had posted previously I needed a forearm for a J Braddelly and sons shotgun. Couldn't find one so being the miser I am decided to make one myself. I machined the hanger piece which was the easy (it is what I do) part based on careful measurements and pictures on the net. I then set out to fit the wood. Mind you this is a forearm. It took me the better part of three days being very careful not to screw it up. I have no experience with wood but wood is like metal you remove everything that don't belong there till you have the end result. I am not the most highly skilled individual when it comes to wood but It looked like the picture and it fit where it was supposed to fit and the latch functions perfectly. Bottom line is the people who fit and finish complicated stocks are very skilled indeed and as such should be compensated. I think somewhere in this thread someone suggested I try to fit a stock myself before berating those who do. I now have a new found respect for those people. I was able to find someone to do the stock at a price I could afford. I did some research and he has good reviews and turnaround time was reasonable. Now let me finish eating this crow. It is getting cold...
