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If a tang screw adjustment corrects this you either have a stock slightly over or under inletted. Under is easier to fix, just inlet it more. Over inlet can be a real problem if the wood is not slightly proud of the metal. Never figured out how to stretch wood more.
I had a Sterlingworth pin gun with a miller trigger which had been restocked. It had both wood interference problems and was over inlet. Easy way to fix it was to just restock it. Well not the easy way but the one I took. You could try the tang screw approach first. Or even measure the old stock and new stock. Most likely you have a very slight wood to metal interference problem. Plain terms, it hits somewhere it should not. Have you smoked it and looked for any spots?
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Dewey, my friend, could you elaborate a bit on the Purdey statement? I agree with your statement, but I don't know what the alternatives are.
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This is right up there with other mythology like:
- Beads serve any purpose other that tradition/decoration
A reference point for the subconscious vision as to where the muzzles are in relation to the target to discern lead? JR
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Will, my comment wasn't directed at you but at the many self-styled experts that believe it's perfectly normal to "adjust" a breech, hand or lockplate screw in order to make a gun function and then simply leave the screws where they are when/if the gun actually does start to work. I've been down this road before but I won't go down it any more as there are more than enough "experts" here. It seems that ignorance is a very hard thing to admit.
Dewey, No worries, my apologies for making it seem that I was reading into it in that way. I like a couple of your solutions to reduce the chance of tampering, cut ultra thin slots or hide the bloody screws altogether!
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