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    Not much I can do, but....

    Thanks for the help! :) It looks like I might have a very little wiggle room and as I understand it I'm trying not to drill into the breech plug face? My fear is not to drill into the breech plug face, but not to put the liner too far forward to make it useless like you said. Lots of...
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    Not much I can do, but....

    Ok, thanks for bearing with me. Got plowed out. I hadn't thought about the front bolt, good call. I looks like I should be ok of course this from a greenhorn. If I consider the thickness of the bolt shaft it may, may just touch the rear lock bolt. Great call on the clearance aspect and the...
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    Not much I can do, but....

    Thanks all. I'll try and post pictures, but my computer skills and photography skill might be worse than my building skills. Got home from work and lined everything up again. The breech plug face is just about a 1/16" or less in front of the rear pan face. White Lighting liner. The muzzle...
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    Not much I can do, but....

    How important is it that the rear lock bolt touches or passes through the breech plug/tang bolster? I have the barrel moved back and the lock inlet so everything lines up that way, i.e. pan/breech plug face/vent liner. Just by "eyeballing" it the rear bolt will not even touch it. Also I'm not...
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    Parts Kit Build By A Beginner(Running Thread)

    Hey Vt. I'm going to chime in like everyone else here and suggest you keep at it. Like you I am working on my 1st component set or "kit." I have all the usual books, DVD's etc and have been studying this project for well over a year and have still made mistakes and I have hardly begun...
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    Finally doing it..Ordering my gun kit Monday

    Hey Vt, Sounds like your in the same boat I was. Not much for funding with a kid in college and working 60+ hours a week. Also sounds like you are just looking for a good reliable gun to hunt with. This may or may not help, but I boiled it down to function. I wanted a reliable lock and...
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    1st build attempt, need assurance

    I would love to have a drill press, but alas I'm forced to go old school. Probably best in my case for the 1st build, already poked a hole in the lock mortise via the barrel channel. :cursing: A drill press is definetly on my short list of tools. Slight delay in the lock inletting. Going to...
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    Finally doing it..Ordering my gun kit Monday

    Hey Vt, Good luck on your project. I know the nervous feeling really well. I just started my 1st project about a week ago. As everyone has said going slow is apparently the key. The builders here have been a great resource for me and are extremely patient. Books and DVD's are also a...
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    1st build attempt, need assurance

    You're right DT, weather has certainly been different the last few seasons up home in Maine. I remember when I was a kid freezing on a deer stand with my dad.1st deer I ever harvested was with a .50cal at -11. I learned a valuable lesson on that deer. At that temp don't wait til the next...
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    1st build attempt, need assurance

    Swede, that was extactly what I was thinking of doing. Step by step pictures. I also have both of the Chamber's DVD's that I must have watched a couple dozen times apiece. Great minds think alike. Zonie, that's good to hear.I was more than alittle upset when I slipped. I wasn't even using a...
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    1st build attempt, need assurance

    Yes the black line is where the end of the breech plug rests when installed. A 1/4" might be alittle drastic. The lock fits in the inlet fairly well out of the box. Once I put alittle draft on the plate it will probably pop right in. My 2nd challenge, disassembling the lock! Lots of moving...
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    1st build attempt, need assurance

    Hey Guys, It is a component set and the lock is already "pre-inlet." I might have alittle wiggle room but not enough to make much of a difference I believe. It's a Chamber's "Little Fellar", 50 cal. Cherry stock. Needed a small, quick handling gun for cold Maine deer hunting. Sorry for...
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    1st build attempt, need assurance

    Hello all! This is my 1st build attempt and also my 1st attempt at posting photos here so please bear with me on both accounts. I’m tech challenged. I just started to inlet the barrel in my component set and I believe I have to move it quite a bit farther back than just rounding off...
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    And So It Begins........

    pdt, Robbo and all. I'm at the same point as you two gents. I agree with Robbo on the 2 DVDs well worth the $$ and if I had to pick 1 I would go with Ron's for the detail. I've watch both probably 3 dozen times each. Good info. Also if you can find 1 The Gunsmiths of Grenville County is a...
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    Trigger Guard Question

    You all are 100% accurate. Been so long since I looked at it, was 50+ inches of snow between me may workshop til recently, I should have said Berks County style. Proves I need to study up on my "Schools" too. The casting isn't really that well defined, I guess it is more of a shouldered bullet...
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    Trigger Guard Question

    I'd love to post a pict, but I'm tech challenged. If you all have the Log Cabin Shop Catalog, they have several trigger guards without a rear tab, like the Early Jaeger and the English Fowler which the pict does not show a rear tab. So there must be a trick I would imagine. Once again Your...
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    Trigger Guard Question

    Hey guys thanks for your help on this. Creating my own may be the way I'll have to go on this. I'd give you more info on which component set it is, but It's sort of a surprise and I'm affraid the guy that it may eventually go to may be a member of this site. He's my brother and it's for his...
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    Trigger Guard Question

    I guess my question is how do you attach the rear of the trigger guard without a tab other than a wood screw which I really do not like nor does the acorn design front and rear lend itself very well too. Your servant fosters
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    Trigger Guard Question

    J.P. Beck.. ish.
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    Trigger Guard Question

    Here is my 1st of probably many stupid questions. I ordered a component set awhile ago and just got around to really looking at it. I just noticed that the trigger guard only has a front tab to pin to the stock and no back tab. How does one secure the back? Most I've seen have 2 1 front and...
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