My 2nd Krag

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With a little luck...I think I'll call it done. I got both main holes done to final depth. The goofy channel for the spare parts kit is impossible to do by hand. I walked it down as far as my forstner bit would let me. You can see the chatter on edges of the hole. I alternated for half the depth...a little bit of the channel with a 5/8 bit, than take the main whole to the same depth or slightly below and so on until I felt I couldn't control it anymore. The channel goes about half the depth. Perhaps if I ever get a floor press, I'll come back and finish it. Right now, I'm happy I have a place to hide letters, and that the balance will be close to original.
I don't think I'm going to do the cleaning rod holes, but easy enough to do.
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In the end, my "guess" for the location of the bottom screw center was within 1/64 of actual...close enough. To get all my locations on wood, I lined my mark for the screw on the template onto the buttplate, and trimmed the bottom flush with the metal. Then I lined the bottom of the template on the wood, leaving just barely enough at the toe to allow sanding. Turns out the stockmaker didn't leave me much to work with. When I finished and lined my buttplate up, the metal is already pretty flush with wood on the tang, and the toe is dead even. So, the actual location of the bottom screw ended up 1/64 lower than I laid out, so all my lightening holes are 1/64 high, but only my micrometer knows the difference. I may have to bed the top slightly after sanding so the toe stays even.

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