I had Wayne stock a lightweight model 7 and coat the metal. He never plugged the chamber or the muzzle, so both got first media blasted to a nice matte finish.....not what you want on the inside of the barrel or chamber. He could have cared less and said who cares it won't matter and if you don't like it just shorten the barrel. The stock is NOT under a pound, its still very light at about 18 oz(I can't remember exactly, he didn't even want to talk about that. I am fine with the weight though I do think if you claim it WILL be under 16 oz it should be. I like the stock a lot, I would buy more of his stocks if he didn't do such a crap job on other things and didn't care that he did unacceptable work. We did also re-bed the stock as it was far from stress free bedding. Buy a unfinished "gunsmith" stock from him and you might be ok.
