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Offline jm190

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Patchbox Fit
« on: July 27, 2018, 01:12:47 AM »
Hi All,
   I'm thinking my patch box doesn't fit as well as it should. It came with a collection of parts to build an "early Lancaster".  Since this is my first patch box installation I thought I would ask for expert opinion. I'm seeing that the patch box is slightly low on the center line as a result of how I have to line up the side plates to fit the curve of the butt. Do you see what I see or is the fit OK?






Thanks for your input!
John
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Re: Patchbox Fit
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2018, 01:50:31 AM »
You’re actually close to dead-on in my eyes. Don’t let a gap here or there discourage you. Keep on and update us!!
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Offline smylee grouch

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Re: Patchbox Fit
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2018, 02:38:02 AM »
If it were mine, I would move it back just a bit and put the front where you wantit.
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Offline G_T

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Re: Patchbox Fit
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2018, 03:04:37 AM »
Please take any advice I give on this subject with a large grain of salt!

Do you plan on putting a molding on it? If so, you might want to trace it in before deciding where you like the patchbox best.

Gerald
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Offline bama

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Re: Patchbox Fit
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2018, 04:29:36 AM »
First I would remake the bottom side plate to make the end text to the butt plate longer.  Both the top side plate and the bottom side plate are the same. This is a design error, the bottom plate design should be offset from the top plate enough to allow some of the end of the top plate that meets the butt plate to have a shoulder. 

Second, if you are going to have lower butt stock molding, cut them in before installing the patch box.
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Offline jm190

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Re: Patchbox Fit
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2018, 06:08:56 AM »
Bama hit the nail on the head. After posting my question I looked at the template that came with the patch box and it appears they packed two upper side plates in the kit. I look forward to making a replacement of the proper length.

John
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Patchbox Fit
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2018, 04:13:41 PM »
Looks like a Virginia box to me.
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Re: Patchbox Fit
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2018, 05:29:42 PM »
Mike, you've made my day successful because you helped me learn something. Doing a search for "Virginia patchbox" on the forums here I found several pictures of patchboxes on Virginia rifles with outlines quite similar to mine. 

Googling "John Brooks" I found that he was active in the early 19th Century.

The manufacturer of my patchbox lists it as "John Brooks - Brass   John Brooks patchbox in basically a Lancaster School design. Single piercing box."

Thanks!
John

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