If we went back to the previous page and looked at the original listing for this gun, we can see the tired old pad on the buttstock. Time for something fresh. So, after careful consideration that took all of a couple minutes, the decision was made to do a leather covered pad. We don't have much in the way of in-process photos but here are a few of the finished pad.
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[Linked Image from photos.smugmug.com]

The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia