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Well no updates but I guess I'll post. Next is the rear handguard. Been organizing my tools so this time I'll probably have a much easier time making it. Clip attachment may be interesting, I think I want to just go with super tiny screws rather than nails. Easier to adjust and clean that way. Need to go and get those walnuts soon if I want to stain this year and don't want to wait until next August.

And it requires some woodworking. Repairing the front handguard instead of replacing it; half of it was missing. Probably over 4 hours just carving wood to get to this point if not more. And then I have to do the entire rear handguard that's entirely missing (except the clip which was included, thank god).

Can I play? Future .410 shotgun, currently a very neglected .410IM rifle from India. Recreated half the front handguard. Need to recreate the rear half that attaches via a clip that I thankfully somehow got with my rifle. Recreated section is a little oversize and needs final shaping. Need to epoxy the halves together as well, probably going with Acraglas. Forestock and buttstock need major degreasing, probably to the point of hanging an acetone soaked rag over them in a pot of acetone; I think they were treated with used motor oil as the wood is orange inside but black or grey outside when degreased and the whole thing smells like a piece of greasy machinery. Forestock needs ass-end crack repair which while my dumb ass certainly didn't help its condition, thank god it looks like I wasn't the retard to cause it in the first place, just make it worse.

After all that, I still need a bolt and a gunsmith willing to humor me in reaming the chamber out for .410. I can only hope that they can remove the barrel if need be as SMLEs are known to be difficult IIRC, though Centerfire certainly seems like they had luck as they sell receivers and barrels for these things.

Restoration is getting there. Used a new piece of Black Walnut (American) to recreate the old front handguard's rear end. New HG piece has a tongue that goes under the old HG piece. Old HG has a little bit of the inside barrel channel carved out to accept the tongue; they will be epoxied together permanently, probably using Acraglas for the first time (god help me). Seam is just in front of the barrel band and the tongue extends about 1.5" or so. Interestingly the old HG is almost orange inside when carved into, similar to the color spar varnished oak has. The rest of the stock needs degreasing to get it to that "grey" color of the HG as well as the forestock (which needs repair as well). Previewing the color I'll get with a coat of finish on it with alcohol, it seems it'll likely all turn brown; Black Walnut repairs will need to be stained with natural walnut before being coated to colormatch. The worst part is knowing I have a rear handguard clip waiting for me to make a rear handguard for it so I have to do this all over again; IIRC this took me about two separate days working for a couple hours at a time. Luckily that piece seems a lot more decorative/protective and the barrel channel isn't as detailed or demanding in its dimensions; probably way less important for accuracy. Then I need some replacement hardware which I don't think will be too hard and a bolt (fuck!). At that point, it's up to the gunsmith to not fuck everything up when they rechamber which is a bit scary.
>Inb4 "bubba"
410 IM is a dead cartridge, this is a bottom of the barrel $80 gun that didn't sell for ~30 years after import, it has a good 2-3" of pitting in front of the chamber, and I want a fucking .410 shotgun SMLE.