McKenny, Great looking case. You memtion v-gouge back flap higher, it appears you forgot to figure in the leather thickness when flolding it around. Possible wet it and them fold and mark to gouge. Also is this case all one piece . I like to cut my end pieces seperate to much waste the other way . Also you might want to think about putting some type of feet on bottom so you want mess your case up at the range if happen to throw or drop your case. Just a thought,Stephen