With the headless bolt in place a start can be made

With the headless bolt down the bolt hole the socket dimensions can be marked on the face of the stock then a free handed interior line marked round so the process can start.

Smoking it down into position.

It can then be bolted up to check for tight fit against the face of the socket and the socket edges

The forestock is started by marking out and cutting the action stub

And the roughing out can start.