breech plug tang thickness?

[chuck-ia]

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

[Tom Currie]

Chuck, There was a very recent post that addressed this issue. Take a look over the last couple weeks and you'll find it.

[David Rase]

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

[Dave B]

Chuck here is the link to the conversation we had about tangs.
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=7149.0

[chuck-ia]

Thanks guys, chuck