I still have a lot of work to do before Christmas, but I am getting closer! Since the last post on this sub, I have made the breech, had the trigger guard made (metal 3d printed, still needs finishing) and barrel mounted sling stud made, and have tapered the barrel and roughly polished to 280 grit. My buddy is hooking me up and milling the recoil lug on his CNC. Once that's done, I need to make the end cap of the action, do all the milling on the action, mill the secondary lug, and do the final polish before fast rust bluing.

After the metal work is done, I just need to duplicate the 3d printed pattern stock on some cheap wood so I can refine ths shape by hand. Once that's done, I can then duplicate that pattern in the actual stock wood and start finishing.

It didn't sound like a lot in my head, but typing it out... it's a lot. Hopefully I can make it happen before Christmas!!