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    Loose/poorly fitted breech plug

    New plug arrived, fitted and firing just fine. Very happy. It is finally complete.
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    Loose/poorly fitted breech plug

    Update - for once, I have had some good news. The supplier is able to send an untrimmed plug to me, which I can then fit myself. That's the best news I've had in 12 months :) I don't get out much...
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    Loose/poorly fitted breech plug

    Thank you everyone for the very helpful replies! I did some more research/digging and found numerous references to using a corrosion-resistant metal as a washer. I tried/did/researched the following and came to these conclusions: I am in Europe so getting the correctly sized imperial bolt in a...
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    Loose/poorly fitted breech plug

    I have just taken another look and I think your suggestion will work well, trim it down so it does a full rotation. There is more room to play with than I remembered so I will give this a try
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    Loose/poorly fitted breech plug

    I think I could, but then I'm not sure if the lug would fit into the tang securely... That's a good idea though. If I can't space it with anything, that may be the way forward. Someone suggested that as long as the tang stops it spinning out when fitted, then it is safe to leave it as is as it...
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    Loose/poorly fitted breech plug

    Hi all, I have made a mistake in my Baker build... I fitted the breech plug, marked the face to check fit, filed, repeated until I had even contact inside the bore, tightened it in and continued with the build. Drilled the touch hole, cut the sights in etc. I took it apart to drill the powder...
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    Sword bar dovetail

    Hi Gus, Thanks very much and that's a funny oops story! I imagine a slight surprise! I'll have a go at filing it flat and keep my fingers crossed... After my screw up with fitting the front sight, I'd rather not do anything else that could compromise the integrity of the barrel, so some...
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    Sword bar dovetail

    Yes it is
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    Sword bar dovetail

    Interesting idea... So essentially a dovetailed shim that mates the two female dovetails together. That could work. I was directed to this picture taken from The Devizes Gunsmith which seems to show the bar being cut flat where it mates with the barrel and then dovetailed in normally. I'm...
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    Sword bar dovetail

    Hi all, I am just wondering how people have dovetailed their sword bars on their barrels? As per my previous post, I'm building a Baker Rifle from TRS and I want to dovetail it on. I see some people solder/braze it on (I have some nickel silver rods to braze it on) but how would I dovetail it...
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    Dovetail/barrel thickness... Help!

    Oh wow... Well, that's made me feel much better :D Thanks guys, really appreciate the responses. I'm going to 'proof load' it just to make sure but I think it'll be fine. If it goes wrong, I'll post a picture in here just for the comedy value
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    Dovetail/barrel thickness... Help!

    Hi all, I have been following, reading and learning from these forums a lot over the last few years and today I need to ask for some help. I have read numerous threads about the safe depths for dovetails vs barrel thickness and understand the rule of thumb is 0.100 minimum at the breach. I...
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