I received the East India Company Musket the other day and have managed to get it nearly completely torn down. All in all, not too bad of shape but it needs some stock repairs where there were steel pins, etc going through it.

The expected repair will be similar to the Gahandra repairs, dig our the rotted area and insert a new block of wood to fill the hole. The pins don't present a problem for me as that's a simple matter of drilling a hole.

The problem is and I don't know the correct terminology, there are three holding pins. These are flat pins about 3/8th of an inch wide with a slot in the center so they don't get lost. These are pulled out as far as the holding pin will allow and then you can remove the barrel from the stock.

How do I go about cutting nice slots in the wood without mucking them all up?
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