Ok , with the lock in the bolster but lock plate not even started inlet yet ... Things you want to line up and fob, look for and adjust . ...You want the T.H. to be in good area ( BUT , in the area , it can be moved , the mark is the proposed optimum spot ) , I like the top of lock at bolster between cock and pan flash guard , to be even or close to top of the wood ( but that can be taken down if wood is too high, should be half way on barrel ) , now .... the front screw .... there is the marks I made earlier ...the web is where the front screw goes , hopefully ! , so you have to have enough meat in that front area of lock plate to get a hole drilled and threaded for the lock screw and sometimes , this one included unfortunately , you have to tilt the front of the lock up a tad to get that plate over the that web of wood where the lock bolt will hopefully be coming through . It sucks you have to do this , youll see it on many originals too , as it throws off the lines of the gun a bit but I want that front screw ...and it BARELY made it too ! SHEEW ! I should havevtilted it even note but was hoping to get away with it and just did . This is the very reason you will rarely see a front lock bolt on a Ken Netting flintlock . He is an artist and unless you insist he does not like to put that front bolt in because of this reason .... Once plate is where you want it to be , hold it down and trace it , then start inletting the lock plate down . Watch gap at barrel as it gets closer and closer each inlet ...when it gets close like 1/8" or tad more , I it the black on it to try and get it to go down evenly , ie ....too much gap up front , space between bolster and barrel then I just take off black on front until its even again , then black off both ends , the rear is high and front is touching , no more taken off front just rear ....keep this up until the bolster is touching barrel and is even . It can be fine tuned later but lime to get it darn close this time . look down barrel at lock too , make sure top or bottom isn't kicked out , if it I'd do same thing , ie top is kicked out a bit , remove black spots at top under lock plate only then check again , until its straight up an down . Slight gaps at pan are taken care of later , not now ....
