how would you guys fix this.

For reference, here's my Traditions Mountain Rifle trigger plate I'm building and it fits fine. The screw is definitely not 90 degrees to the trigger plate. Due to the angle the trigger plate and barrel tang have to be fully seated and aligned in the stock. I used a skinny phillips down through the tang into the plate to get them aligned. Hope this helps.

And you both have blue-green cutting mats.

Where's Alanis Morrisette?

Isn't It Ironic.

deagler44 said:

For reference, here's my Traditions Mountain Rifle trigger plate I'm building and it fits fine. The screw is definitely not 90 degrees to the trigger plate. Due to the angle the trigger plate and barrel tang have to be fully seated and aligned in the stock. I used a skinny phillips down through the tang into the plate to get them aligned. Hope this helps.

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You need the camp out on Traditions butt until they send you a new plate. No excuses for their mistake.

TDM said:

You need the camp out on Traditions butt until they send you a new plate. No excuses for their mistake.

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What? It fits fine, no problem.

deagler44 said:

What? It fits fine, no problem.

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Sorry, confused you with the OP.

I talked with them again today and they said they would fix it no charge. I called to buy I new trigger and they said it would be other $60. So I will send it in and hope it is fixed.

Pittsburghunter said:

I talked with them again today and they said they would fix it no charge. I called to buy I new trigger and they said it would be other $60. So I will send it in and hope it is fixed.

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Good deal, hope they fix you up.

Jedidiah said:

Many of the suggestions I read assume that the avg person has taps, dies, drill presses, lathes, and all sorts of tools ,machinery ,etc along with a "shop" area that allows all this to take place? I am here to tell you , that is not the case many times! Ther is a need for simple fixes that can be made, by average people that do not have all that equipment. IMHO

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This could be solved with just an electric hand drill and the proper bit. If you will be doing much with BP guns you need at least some basic tools. Seems like everything brand new needs to be tweaked.

Ed C. said:

This could be solved with just an electric hand drill and the proper bit. If you will be doing much with BP guns you need at least some basic tools. Seems like everything brand new needs to be tweaked.

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Agree 100%.

You didn't say how much the screw was off. You could put a piece of white masking tape over the threaded hole in the trigger plate and put layout black on the screw to see how much it is off. If it is alot ,then you have an issue, if its a litte then maybe you can drill out the hole in the stock. I've had the same issues on my own builds even with the lock plate,just had to open up the hole a little.

rchas said:

The problem you are describing has no "simple fix" other than contacting the manufacturer for a new part. If you want to DIY it, you need tools.

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Amen

Yep. Sounds like it is the stock that is off. Another way to fix most likely is to drill the hole out a bit larger...not all the way through, just enough to allow the wiggle room

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