I originally had intentions of doing just that but I stubbornly got my necklace of thread checkers to give me what I found. Now that I have the barrel off it will be easier to do, which I will. I’ll let you all know what I find then. Working on inlaying the trigger plate now. It’s taking a lot of modifications to both the metal and the wood, but I’m getting there. Been at it all morning and I’m almost satisfied.
I’ll be dammed. It is 1/4-28.
I'm kinda late to this discussion but here's what I think. To finish fit the butt plate you need to get some inletting black. Or, soot up the butt plate with a smoky oil lamp. Some use lipstick. Coat the forward edge of the butt plate and the other mating surfaces. Install the plate, then remove. Lightly scrape the areas where the inletting black transferred to the wood. Then repeat the process.
Dude- I like your first suggestion. I’m going to try that and see if I can improve on what I have so far. If nothing else, I am curious what it will show.
That looks fine to me, a generous radius all the way around the but plate edge that meets the shoulder and your golden.
Looks good to me also. That is a funcky little part. With mine, it seems that little plate is upside down. I swear it would fit better with the angle flipped.
Yeah, I think the idea is for the end of the toe plate to be captured in the groove of the but plate so it can't flex outward thus entrapping the wood in the whole toe area of the stock. After re-fitting my but plate, the toe plate groove was a good 1/4" past the end of the stock and had to be re-done.
I agree with the not sure it’s even necessary.
That’s ok. As I had mentioned, I had some doubts and remember, if it can go wrong, it will, Ha!
The only way I can think of fixing that is to make a new toe plate that's a little bit longer in both directions. That way you could get a better fit each side. Since it's flat stock it should be pretty easy.
Yeah, thought of that too. Need to ask around for a piece of scrap to make it.
Dude, you are a crafty get-r-done kind of fellow. I like that. Well I’ll let ya know, but I gotta tell ya, that new project is way down on my list now. But I am really motivated to get this done. Hope to start the finishing in next couple of days. With down time for drying, I’ll tackle the “little “ stuff in between.
