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chuck-ia

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breech plug tang thickness?
« on: January 20, 2010, 04:41:55 AM »
Getting ready to inlet the breech plug in my trade gun, the tang was really thick, so I filed it down to about 1/8", maybe I took too much off, I don't know. I hate to take more wood off than necessary. Does the tang actually strengthen the wrist that much? Or is it better to leave extra wood in this area, (thin tang) ? chuck

Offline Tom Currie

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Re: breech plug tang thickness?
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2010, 05:33:05 AM »
Chuck, There was a very recent post that addressed this issue. Take a look over the last couple weeks and you'll find it.

Offline David Rase

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Re: breech plug tang thickness?
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2010, 05:41:06 AM »
I learned to taper my tangs from Ron Ehlert.  I taper the thickness down to around 3/16".   I second your thought to remove as little wood as necessary. 
On another note, I only inlet lock plates to about .050" and then file the bevel to match.
DMR

Offline Dave B

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Re: breech plug tang thickness?
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2010, 09:42:50 AM »
Chuck here is the link to the conversation we had about tangs.
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=7149.0
Dave Blaisdell

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Re: breech plug tang thickness?
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2010, 03:51:32 PM »
Thanks guys, chuck