This is just a photoshop "mock-up" to see what it would look like with that much material taken off. That change in the stock brings it pretty close to the measurements my fitting dictated.

I am going to fit a plate to the butt, and it will be shortened, possibly to the point of losing the border at the bottom. I checked the sizes for all the plates CSMC had, and got the closest one I could. The stock is a really odd size, short and fat.

CHAZ