New England Fowler Forestock Questions

[Reactor]

I have a couple of questions for the gun builders. 

I have an octagon to round barrel from Rice that is swamped.  However my kit's stock channel is flat.  The forestock is so flexible and twisted from the drying process, received that way, that I'm not sure profiling the barrel channel is possible.  Is it worth the time to chase approximately .060 inches of profile or should it just pin the barrel to the flat channel and let the stock suck up the .060 profile?  I could then sand the top of the forestock to be flat.  I'm not sure your eye would pick up the swamped profile but if I sanded the top of the forestock exactly flat then the ramrod channel would be the only wood that has the swamped profile.
My thoughts to straighten out the twist is to mark the centerline of the forestock and match that up to the centerline of the barrel; then inlet the barrel lugs.  I think once the lugs are inlet into the centerline of the stock, then the stock should be straight when I pin it. 

My next question is the shape of the forestock for a New England fowler.  I cannot find any information about the profile.  Should the top of the forestock be rounded 1/3 the height of the forestock?  Is the top profile chiselled to the barrel or is there a top flat of 1/8 inch?  Is the bottom two thirds of the forestock rounded or flat?
Or is the profile 50/50. 

Any help would be appreciated.

[Eric Krewson]

You can get a full size plan for this fowler from TOW for 7-8 bucks, I built mine from these plans, they give cutaways for the profile. I did 50-50 on my barrel forestock configuration, rounded forestock.

[Uncle Russ]

Eric, I like that stock.
 

[Reactor]

Thank you Eric. 
Nice looking fowler.  The wood I am working with is almost black and very resinous; most likely heartwood.  I hope I can get some grain to show when it's finished.