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Offline frogwalking

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Trade Pistol TG
« on: May 28, 2010, 08:51:49 PM »
I have been looking at pictures of trade pistols.  Many of them show no visible attachment method for the rear or lower portion of the trigger guard.  That is, I cannot see any screws or even pins.  The front seems to be pinned in the normal manner.  The investment cast iron guard I recently purchased has the appropriate tab on the front for the pin.  It has a sprue on the rear where it was cast.  Should this sprue be filed and ground into an additional pin tab?
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Trade Pistol TG
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2010, 09:29:16 PM »
They are held by a hook that slips under a screw head or "L" shaped nail under the triggerguard.
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Re: Trade Pistol TG
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2010, 04:21:14 AM »
Thanks Mike.  It must be similar to the way some fowler butt plate tangs are attached. 
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Re: Trade Pistol TG
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2010, 05:27:22 AM »
Thanks Mike.  It must be similar to the way some fowler butt plate tangs are attached. 
Yep, exactly.
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