When I need to drill or drill out a hole, my bits of choice are Forstners. They're used alot in furniture and cabinetry. If you can jig up your workpiece really solid-no hand held stuff, you can drill some really clean holes with them and if you use a little finesse, you can actually drill an existing hole oversize and create a new (different) center for the hole. Another drill that is handy to have is the brad point-good for a new hole but a little shaky to enlarge or recut an existing hole. They're longer than a forstner, so I will use the forstner as far as I can and then switch to a brad point for the extra depth, following the hole created by the first cut. One such project for this operation is drilling for the rear screw on a Striker (through the handle).

The forstners are available at woodworking store such as Woodsmith or Woodcraft. I haven't priced them lately, but they used to be around $65.00 for a set of sixteen (1/4" to 2" plus) in a nice wooden case. I bought mine at (gasp!) Harbor Freight for about half the price in a nice wooden case with a different label-I still can't see any difference. Brad points are available at most harware stores for not much more than regular bits.

One other little plug for HF, I've been seeing 20% off coupons in several mags including some of the gun rags and I haven't looked, but it may be on their website. I have a fairly well equipped wood shop and while I won't trust a major power tool from HF, I buy specialty or one time use tools with a fair rate of success (don't buy their clamps to hold that peice of wood if you want it to look like a gunstock!).

This is a really fun hobby-Steve