Jager Butt Plate

[mod98]

I have sunk the tang of the butt plate flush into the comb of the rifle and now as I set the plate down against the butt I notice a small gap between the plate and the butt. There is no light showing but I want to eliminate the gap. Is it simply a matter of screwing the plate to the heel and sinking the plate into the butt until the gap is gone?

Thanks

 

[Mike Brooks]

What buttplate is it?

 

[mod98]

It is from Pecatonica as part of their Jager kit. It is in the traditional Germanic style similar in shape to rifles No. 2,3 & 4 in Vol. 1 of Shumway's Rifles of Colonial America.

 

[dek]

If you have the back of the butt plate inletted to a 16th of an inch or less between the plate and stock you can then take the peen end of a ballpeen hammer and tap around the edges of the butt plate until all of the gaps are gone. Then file out the peen marks and finish the butt plate. :grin: you then have a fit like the old timers had and you will have done it the same way they did it. :thumbsup:

 

[rich pierce]

some "brass" furniture is quite hard as delivered and won't peen but could crack. Make sure it's annealed before trying the peening approach, and go easy.