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Offline hortonstn

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breach plug length
« on: August 03, 2019, 10:34:49 PM »
what determines the length of the breach plug flair building a lancaster rifle with a c weight 54 or is it what ever looks best ?

Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: breach plug length
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2019, 11:36:58 PM »
what determines the length of the breach plug flair building a lancaster rifle with a c weight 54 or is it what ever looks best ?
I would look at pictures of originals.
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Re: breach plug length
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2019, 07:00:35 PM »
There must be enough length to accommodate the tang screw and perhaps a filed finial behind that.  And the tang screw must pass through the tang and the stock at 90 degrees to the tangent of the tang/wrist and intersect the front end of the trigger plate.  These things shall be verified in your blueprint-drawing in your planning stages.  Having more steel behind the tang screw and finial, is not useful or desirable....in a Lancaster rifle.
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Re: breach plug length
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2019, 05:43:38 PM »
Thanks for the response it is appreciated
Paul