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Precarves, just a heads up, now for the fix
Eric Krewson:
I picked up a "deal" on a precarve kit, just about half price. I started it the other day and found out the lock inlet was cut abut 1/4" too far back and 1/4" too low. I moved the barrel back enough to get a 1/4" touch hole liner in in-front of the breech plug. I inletted the lock plate as high as I could with the existing inlet so as not to have a huge gap at the bottom of the plate but I am not even close to having the pan on a barrel flat. I can drop the barrel some but even that will be iffy.
The purpose of my post is to emphasize the importance of NEVER ordering a precarve kit with the lock inlet precut, it is far better to do your entire lock inlet yourself.
You are safe with a precut lock inlet on a Kiebler kit as they as close to perfect as one can buy and perfectly located.
Stoker:
Good info..
Thanks Leroy
Mike Yancey:
If you drop the barrel down very much you will probably get into the ramrod channel. You will probably have to do what I did. That's way low!
looper:
Eric, I've been reading the replies to your thread on ALR, and have to say that a lot of guys are giving you a lot of hasty advice. Personally, I think the problem is that the barrel wasn't inletted all the way down. That's really not too big of a deal, though.
You said there is 5/16" of web at the breech. That's a lot of extra meat in there. I'd drop it down to 1/8". That would make up 3/16". You can get back the other 1/16" by drilling the touch hole slightly below center. With the swamp on that barrel, you'll still have enough left for a 8-32 front lock bolt without getting into the barrel channel if you hug the barrel.
Is the lock plate now in the correct position fore and aft?
Eric Krewson:
The lock plate is in the right position fore and aft, I moved the barrel back a bunch to get teh pan in the right place in relation to the breech face.
I will make this thing work one way or another.
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