Well, here's some photos of the work in progress. The bottom metal shown is the bottom metal that came with the rifle. (It's probably military 98K bottom metal.) Replacement bottom metal has not been purchased yet but will be soon.

The new bolt handle from the Fred Wells shop has been attached to the bolt. Also, notice how the contours of the new barrel match the original barrel. As stated earlier, the original sights and barrel band have been installed on the new barrel.

Also, I stated earlier that the replacement stock was Turkish walnut. My mistake. It's Claro walnut.

She still looks a little rough but that will be corrected! I'm confident that the rifle is going to turn out well.

BTW, here's a little bio of my gunsmith, Todd Johnson, on Terry Wieland's web site:
http://www.terrywieland.com/Todd-Johnson-bio.htm

Cheers!

-Bob F.