Another trapdoor sporter is in the works. I have a great piece of wood for the project and did not want to risk making a bunch of firewood from it.
Not being sure that the parts at hand would work together, I made up a pattern stock of the lock/breech area. With a few refinements on the actual gun I think it is time to proceed.
One problem is the mortise for the breech latch. Notice the gap in that area. Solution seems to be reducing the size of the boss behind the latch so that the latch is larger than the boss rather than smaller. Then the latch can be made to fit nicely into its mating wood mortise. Nose of the comb needs to move ahead a bit because I band sawed off too much material.
Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Jim Westberg
