[quote=saddlesore]Sometimes the enjoyment of doing the work is more than the enjoyment of the finished product.
Teebone.I sure wouldn't let that bother me. You still have beautiful piece of wood there.M y eye went to the over all stock , not the hairline cracks.
Years ago, I made a stock out of American Black Walnut my brother had cut about 30 years before. It was for a 1903 Springfield I got from DCM .The stock they sent me was split. I had all the inletting completed and the buttstock in it's final shape. I was taking the final bit of wood off the forearm with a milling machine.
Between the barrel channel and out side of the forearm, I cut a 30 cal miniball in half. Since the top hand piece would cover it, I continued to finish it. A few years later, some fellow bought it just for the mini ball in the stockminimally?
Agreed that the wood is nice, and some small checks shouldn't be a problem, but......
WTF is a 30 cal miniball?
Last edited by GaryLL1959; 12/27/22.
