Have got the gross shaping of the butstock done and will leave it for the day. Will come back with a fresh pair of eyes and hands.

First thing today was to reinforce the rear of the forestock which is often done with a brass pin through the stock but I wanted the strength without the visible rod end so made a series of holes with a undersize drill bit, cleaned it out and with sawdust to stain the epoxy a bit tapped the threaded stem into the cut out so that the threads actually bit into the wood.

Put that away into a warm place to mature for a day or two (our winter so the shed is to cold for glues/epoxies)