No kidding. I was hunting with a bunch of friends most of who are from the SW US. I told them if there is an amnisty for illegals, then they should put my name down. ;-)

I've never run CnC either mill or lathe. How long to programme something like a barrel profile? or a rib profile? And if you did one could you use the same programme again and just change the critical dimensions?

With the forend, it was time criticla at the end, so I removed wood above the barrell ine and let the forend iron in about 3/8 lower to change the angles a bit. It is OK but I would like to restock it properly now that I know it shoots good.
Good walnut blanks are so expensive though here. I am getting a semi inlet for a mauser from the states next month and if that is good I will see if they will sell me a rough cut blank.

Regards