doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com A Question On Nomenclature From The inexperienced

As Chuck points out, most "lines" in drafting are ideally a one dimensional (length)representation or convention for a two dimensional plane or section thru an object. Could be that sometimes the "real world" plane represented needs to be leveled but an even more important attribute is planar "truth": a plane which is not twisted or warped ("in winding"). By architectual, boatbuilding and aircraft standards, the watertable of a breaking gun is a very small plane but I would assume it's planar nature does bear on the successful assembly and aligment of barrelset and action.

jack

The following info doesn't hold a candle to the verbiage above and is not a definition but merely a reference: "(7) The flat top surface of the action bar is called the action flats in England. We sometimes use the same term, but more often we call this the water table - why, I don't know. An English friend suggested a possibility: When the action of a side-by-side gun is properly fitted the barrel flats and action flats don't actually touch, and the few-thousandths-inch gap between them is enough to collect and hold water on a rainy day." Michael McIntosh - "Shotguns and Shooting" pp 63-64. dt/cc do you fit the bill or resemble the remark of the "English friend" and is that a quote of yours???

Kind Regards,

Raimey
rse

Doesn't MR T aka C'C Call the "Fences" the "Detonating"????
Fences(as in Beaded)seems to be well used throughout the Gun fraternity, over here, as least
franc

Raimey's mere reference is a good one as it comes from MM, who should have the exposure to the Brit trade to know. YT'S verbiage was intended to inspire thought by pointing up the use of the term in other contexts.

jack

rabbit:

To speak truthfully, I actually prefer the verbiage, which provides a break in the doldrums of the sentence structure of the daily publications. It seems that very few use a dictionary, let alone a Thesaurus, anymore.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
rse

Nothing like being praised with faint damn, eh Raimey. Actually, I didn't have to crack a book for my boring lists of synonyms. Didn't even gOOgle. I hope that a mere five years installing aircraft interiors and about the same mere time in small boat drafting would constitute a minimum entry level credential for allowing me to launch my little thought balloons. As a confirmed gasbag, I have never felt lonely or out of place on this board.

jack

And yet another name for "fences" or "breech balls" is "detonators". Different folks...all kinds of different strokes.

LeFusil....I'm sure MrT used the word Detonating, for one or both fences ,breech balls, beach ball etc :)...but I guess I'm hair splitting
franc

I've heard firing pins referred to as Detonators.

rabbit:

Maybe I should have defined "daily publication" as the average daily newspaper or weekly magazine as basic, generic journalism(and on the tube as well) has lost its way and is mainly more surface area or snapshot in time for advertisements. It seems that it's all dependent ads, which then again is also their means of survival. By no means did I infer that any of the post applied to you or this board. Would you compare a "faint damn" to a "tinkers damn"?

Kind Regards,

Raimey
rse