Thanks for your input and kind words. Nice talking to you Jim at the gunshow this morning.
My plan is to slot the top of a band the width of the front sight base and then slide it past. It will be like a 3/4 band. I have seen others this way and if it doesn't look right I will then just do something else, yet to be determined.

I also finished all the inleting today so now on to glass bedding and then I will relieve the barrel channel to float the barrel. Then all the rest, LOL smile