Wow, thanks everyone!
Rolf, the lock is a Davis Early Colonial, that had some shaping done to the plate. I wanted a "robust" lock, and this fit the bill.
Hours wise in building time, I have no idea how long it took to build, lol. I believe I started it in the late fall. Like I said, I'd work on it between builds, or a couple hours here and there, but didn't keep track of the actual hours. Wish I had...
Rich, the cheek inlay was a little bit of a study, as were the inlays on the box. I probably shouldn't say this, but it's a good "teaching moment"... I had a different design in mind for the cheek inlay, but in shaping the stock, got a little over zealous with a gouge and had a splinter thingy do a deeper than I wanted excavation of wood. It's not much, but it was too much to rasp out. Soooo, I added the curl to the rear of the design, which hides the boo-boo. It's not crazy deep, but it would have made the curve in the cheek piece too pronounced.
Don't think I mentioned it, but the muzzle cap is black horn.
Thanks again!
Ed
