Coins

[Johnny Tremain]

Im looking into building another rifle. The more I look, the more I find what I have may be better than what I can build.
I am looking at the one screw lock mount of a southern rifle. Thinking about using a 1792 repop coin as a washer.
Smallest Ive found is a 3/4 inch diameter one.

Anyone know if there is enough meat on the SMR for a 3/4 inch coin. Or had anyone already done this?

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

I'd look for an old original coin with the correct date. If times get tough you can always pry it back out and buy groceries with it!

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

You're probably looking at U.S. coinage for the build which I would be too. However, if you can't find what fit's the build the U.S. hadn't yet mandated that only our own currency be used in the time period your rifle fits. Pretty much anything out there was legal tender.
I metal detect as another hobby. Every now and then an old coin pops out of the ground that was repurposed into any number of things. Washers, buttons, whatnots and so on.

A part like that could be done like a repair. A coin like the silver Trime three cent piece was about a half inch in diameter. Those started seeing circulation in 1851.