Aw Gosh , ndnchf , pinto beans , yahoody , Y'all have me blushing . Seriously the little carbine build was one fun project , its an assemblage of old parts that I accumulated over the yrs. Having to make some of the parts makes this gun my own . I was free to build it as I would like not trying to duplicate a historical piece , what I ended up with is a great handling carbine with pretty potent power level that fits me to a "T" . Thanks for the compliments ,,,,DT