Need help covering holes from sling swivel and button

[Eric/WV]

I have a Virginia style flintlock, and I had a sling swivel and button added to it when I bought it. I have decided that I don't like the sling swivel and button on a rifle, and I would like to cover the holes. I figure I'll cover the holes on the forestock with oval inlays, but I'm not sure how to cover the hole behind the trigger guard. Any suggestions?

 

[sidelock]

Same way.. :v

 

[bob1961]

if the bottom of the stock is flat enough use a long toe plate....i have a book from the library on north carolina guns that show toe plates going from the butt plate to trigger guard :v .............bob

 

[Stophel]

The nicest way to do the one under the butt is to make a little screw-in vent pick to go into an oval or lozenge-shaped inlay. One or two of the Beck or Beyer guns have these.

The front "should" also serve as a barrel pin, so a piece of the screw would stay as a barrel pin. Of course, you'd see a large pin, which may bother you, and then inlay away!

 

[Eric/WV]

I like the vent pick idea. Do you know where I can see an example?

Also, the sling swivel screw doesn't go through the barrel lug for some reason. There is just a hole through the forestock.

Thanks for the tips guys.

 

[Stophel]

I'll look through my books when I get home. I think there is a gun by Nicholas Beyer in one of the "Accouterments" books...don't know offhand which one.