Even though the trapezoid has some desirable is not doable without some expensive tooling or shop built fixtures. I did a .6 and .5 inch copies. The .6 is just a bit wider than the barrel at 12.5 inches, the .5 is definitely narrower than the barrel. I did get both on the barrel the .6 started to get tight about 13.5 inches out and could be pushed to 12.5 easy enough. It did not scratch the bluing as the edges of the strap are rounded somewhat. The .5 had to be started on the barrel with some force. the barrel is cut off at 18 inches. Without prebending the strap it will be difficult to get it mounted behind the sight on Jim's barrel. I will try to get it so that it can be wrapped around the barrel and get the nut properly engaged behind the sight with either of the 2 smaller nuts.
We will let Jim see how much room he has on the fore end and bend to fit that nut. We want to see how wide the fore end is at 12.5 inches from the front of the receiver and how deep from the bottom of the barrel channel to the bottom of the stock at that point.

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