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Yes there's living quarters on the back. Been my residence since 1985.

I made the forearm during the course of 2 evenings after work. Like everything else I do in life I do not snap enough photos. Instead of doing a small splinter forend, I carved it into a semi beavertail forend.

Freshened up the metal work with some Brownells oxpho blue. Not completely assembled yet but it should look good for an 80 year old double.

I made the forearm during the course of 2 evenings after work. Like everything else I do in life I do not snap enough photos. Instead of doing a small splinter forend, I carved it into a semi beavertail forend.

Time to start carving.

Once you get the iron to fit the wood, cut the bbl troughs to a depth where it snaps on the barrels.

Start out inletting the forearm iron into a block of walnut.

Looking at the forearm I just could not leave it like this. It looked like it was left too close to the wood stove or maybe chewed on by a pointer dog.

A little Tru Oil finish.

If the mods think I'm out of line posting gun stock work feel free to delete the post. Just a little intermission.

Sanding and filling the grain.

Taking shape.

As you can see, they give you quite a hunk of wood to work with.

Spent the cold months restocking an old double barrel. This was a semi inletted stock. There was a fair amount of work to get it to this point. I should have taken more before pics. These pics were taken after I got the receiver fitting the stock.

Yes all is good. From time to time we get lost in other things. Winter is a tough time in Michigan. Not much happening outside unless it has to do with hunting. Which I do my share of. Now that the weather is starting to turn we should be able to get back to some restoration.