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Bolt Placement
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smoky said:
Do you remember what was it on, a percussion, flintlock, pre-flintlock???
Do you remember who posted it?
What section was it posted in? (photo section, smoothbore, ect.)
Any clues will help myself and others find it for you...
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Proper bolt placement is detirmined by the relationship of the componants in the lock and on the gun, not by a pattern of ideal placement.
You must clear the breeched barrel in the rear and hit the web between the RR hole and barrel channel in the front. You must also avoid the internal lock componants.
This will be different for every lock, stock and barrel combination and has nothing to do with the "ideal" placement.
This is one of the things most builders "lay out" on the stock, with all of the componants present, before they ever make a cut.
You must clear the breeched barrel in the rear and hit the web between the RR hole and barrel channel in the front. You must also avoid the internal lock componants.
This will be different for every lock, stock and barrel combination and has nothing to do with the "ideal" placement.
This is one of the things most builders "lay out" on the stock, with all of the componants present, before they ever make a cut.
IMO, when ghost said " clear the breeched barrel in the rear " he is refering to the actual barrel, not the breech plug tang.
Often, the rear lock screw will go thru the material on the breech plug which is projecting out of the back of the barrel.
Because the rear screw often passes thru the projecting material it is important to remove the rear lock screw whenever you want to remove the barrel from any gun which does not have a "hooked breech".
Often, the rear lock screw will go thru the material on the breech plug which is projecting out of the back of the barrel.
Because the rear screw often passes thru the projecting material it is important to remove the rear lock screw whenever you want to remove the barrel from any gun which does not have a "hooked breech".
