Did a lot of flintlock shooting yesterday, drilling with my 54 but couldn't hit squat with my 12 ga fowler.
While cleaning my fowler I noticed the lock would barely go into the lock mortise. I then noticed the metal on my carefully inletting was sitting proud of the wood, the butt plate was the worst. I had it looking like it grew into the wood when I finished the gun, perfectly mating of the wood and metal.
To my dismay I realized my very expensive stock blank was not properly seasoned and was drying out and shrinking before my eyes.
Just a little venting, $900 in parts, carefully put together and now looks like a really amateurish build.