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We used a wheel guide head on the router to make the edge bevel cuts. It is really easy and you just run the wood along until all the edge has gone.

Dave worked out where the holding pins should go. This is a little tricky as you need to get it right first time or else you will be drilling more holes than necessary in the stock - luckily Dave has a good eye or x-ray vision, one or the other...

In the second picture you can see that the handle is larger than it needs to be. As this is the first gun we roughed out the shape and have trimmed it down to a personalised fit. Some people have bigger hands than others and Dave never wears gloves whereas I often do, little things like this can really make the gun fit you better if you take the time to work it out and try different things.

We discovered that the handle was too far away from the trigger - the guizzo trigger is a little smaller than the pelagos one I think. Anyway this was rectified by reducing the wood and raising the hand position too to be more in line with the shaft line - and hopefully reduce recoil - although with the slightly greater mass of the gun than a normal 80cm and the 17,5mm / 18mm bands this hopefully wont be an issue. Any thoughts on handle position anyone ? As mentioned - we are complete beginners at this so any pointers or constructive criticism would be appreciated.