Thanks Oupa,
Yes, I did my own checkering, but I'm not real good at it and I hate doing it. It is just one of those things you have to do to build a rifle yourself. I think I spent about four days doing it, on and off. My back gets to bothering me if I work at it too long. 2 or 3 hours is my maximum, after that I get tired and start making mistakes so it pays to quit earlier than that. Bob H.