About ten times the fitting required on a side lock. You have to head up the reciever, the triggers, top and bottom tangs and both sideplates at the same time. Plus you need to take away just enough wood for all the parts to work freely but not so much that you weaken the stock at the same time. Childs play for some but then again bomb disarmament is also to some.
Most times, when I am finished a sidelock, I swear that that was my last one, ever. And when I get my six current restock jobs done it will be, unless I come across a few more real neat sidelock projects. Just picked up another Belgian gun that has the nicest damascus barrels and engraving that I have seen on a gun priced under $1,000.00 in a long time. Stock is cracked and about 2" too short for a tall dwarf. Atleast the forend cleaned up nicely and that should save a lot of time. After sidelocks, forends with ejectors are the worst.
