space behind the pan

[frenchman]

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There is some space behind the lip behind the pan. It's not square with the rest of the bolster plate. Everything else is square. everything touches up to that point should i bother with it there is no space for powder but it shows a bit.
Denis

[Acer Saccharum]

Note the wood is still behind the fence. With the lock and barrel out, however, this is a tender little projection, easily broken if bonked.



A better picture, the wood goes right up against the back of the pan, leaving no spot for powder residue to reside. Also I planed the lock panel wood angling in toward the lock, exposing the top edge of the lock....for the cock to stop on. I saw this feature on one of the guns at the Met.


Here the wood is cut in a curve from the corner of the oblique flat down to the fence.

[Roger Fisher]

As you bring the wood down to rear and nearly flat with that oblique barrel flat and of course narrow down the top of the lock mortise nearly all of your excess wood problem there will disappear.  Thats about as fancy as I can get. 

[Eric Laird]

Denis,
I understood your question a little differently - are you talking about the piece of wood behind the fence to which Acer and Roger are refering, or are you talking about what appears to be a very minute gap at the upper portion of the fence where it butts up against the barrel? If you're talking about the wood, then Acer and Roger have you covered. If you're talking about the metal to metal gap then you have a couple of options, as I see it. First, since you said the bolster is tight and the fence gap is too small for powder to get in, you could ignore it. It may provide a crevice for fouling, but that could be addressed by simply pulling the lock when you clean the barrel (something I routinely do, but others have different opinions). Another option might be to peen the fence on the back side to fill the gap. The gap appears very small, and it probably wouldn't take too much to get the metal to move. Hope this helps.
Eric

[rich pierce]

Looks like it might just not be pulling in square when you tighten the rear lock bolt.  You can file the bolster to a different angle to make it fit snug.

[George F.]

Tom, I notice that you slightly, angle your lock panel so the shoulder of the cock strikes the bolster of the plate. I have on several guns been confronted with what to do when the cock hits the lock panel. My solution was to cut away the panel in the arc of the cock's rotational travel, I like your solution better and will use it now on, thanks for the tip.   ...Geo.

[frenchman]

hi Eric, yes the small gap is metal to metal ,moving the metal seems the best
Many thanks