I have whats left of an original half stock. The tang area wire inlay of this stock will be duplicated onto my rifles stock. I have also requested this same pattern be transfered onto both sides of the lower forearm, just ahead of the lock panels to just above the entry pipe. The rest of the wire inlay work will be taken from pictures we have of Welcomes work.

This original half stock also has a checkering pattern that was used on some rifles back then. I have asked Roy to duplicate this also.

We couldn't exactly duplicate the original checkering due to having a thumb piece. But thats ok, Roy was able to use the basic pattern, just altered slightly. My main concern here was one, the tang wire inlay. Two, the thumb piece and wire inlay that surrounds it. Three, the wire inlay ahead of the comb. Lastly, the checkering had to fit around everything or we just didn't do it on this rifle. The above is just a quick sketch to give us an idea how everything will fit, the actual checkering came out slightly different than that pictured here.

The forearm inlays were done at my request. I don't know if this was ever done, probably not. But after looking at the tang inlay I thought if it was straitened and put on the forearm it would be a nice addition.