Bought all the parts (TOTW) for a J. P. Beck rifle. Colerain B .50 barrel, Siler deluxe flintlock, M4 stock, all the other bits and pieces. It all arrived last Friday, and it is already looking like a gun. So far I have drawfiled and sanded the barrel, installed the underlugs, filed the tang to a nice pear shape, inlet the whole thing into the stock, drilled for barrel pins and installed the barrel. The lock is fully inletted, as are the double set triggers. About to take the plunge and drill for tang and side bolts. Have also filed and polished the trigger guard and side plate. So far, everything is spot on with no snafus....but I will keep my fingers crossed on the drilling I am about to attempt. The stuff I have done so far has not been difficult...just VERY time consuming. Inletting the barrel took about 15 hours, about 6 for the lock. I have done nothing since Friday except hide in my shop....my wife thinks I am a bit touched in the head, but she thought that before I started this project as well. I am very pleased with TOTW parts and service....I called and spoke with Luke who went through all their M4 stocks while on the phone and recommended the best one...this is why I ended up with the Beck style stock as opposed to others. It is indeed a REALLY nice chunk of wood. A quart of 70% nitric acid is arriving tomorrow, so I can get some stain cooking while I work on the other parts. I would post photos, but Rootnuke has already done a better job of build documentation, so there is little point. Perhaps when it is closer to completion....
Good Luck
ELee
Good Luck
ELee