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Parnell:
Wow, very interesting, Eric.  I’ll try it.

Parnell:
Eric, used your trick with the butt cap and it helped a bit.

On tothe nose cap.  First time doing this, so any tips appreciated.

Parnell:
So, sitting flush and parallel to the stock, is the plan.

Eric Krewson:
You are supposed to have 1/8" of the barrel sticking out past the nose cap. If you trim the wood back just enough to put the nose cap on the barrel backwards you can draw on the stock around the outside of the brass to give you a starting point for wood removal.

I lost this nose cap on my workbench and forgot to neutralize the browning solution, it got a little too brown.

Parnell:
Here are some pictures of where I am in the project.  Slower with the heat but still moving along.

Question…I am having trouble adjusting the double set trigger to work properly.  When I cock the lock it alternates with releases…one the set trigger releases the lock…cock again then the hair trigger releases the lock.  When I remove the trigger completely it seems to work properly.  That is, it catches with the set and releases on the hair…but that is not under the tension of the lock.

How to go about adjusting?

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