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Oval touch hole liner
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What I want to know is.... how did they put it in there. Obviously, it's not threaded. Second question.... What is holding it in place and will it stay there? :youcrazy:
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Sure it could have been threaded. Cut long and peend then filed flat.
David/Toledo
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I understand that they were put in by riveting. The hole had a groove or other enlarged area inside, so the gold piece could be dropped in (with a close-fitting rod in the bore to back it up?) and hammered so the gold expanded into the groove.
There were a lot of them made that way (for the high-end market, obviously). Some folks, like the Mantons, used platinum. The first gold touch hole liners apparently appeared in the late 1600s or early 1700s. There's one in at least one presentation gun from that era that was never used (and thus was unlikely to have had a new touch hole liner added later).
This one is in an Irish duelling pistol, circa 1790.
I don't plan on cutting it apart to see for sure how it was done, that's for sure
Making an oval shaped one wouldn't be so bad - just file the hole to an oval. But why? What fun.
There were a lot of them made that way (for the high-end market, obviously). Some folks, like the Mantons, used platinum. The first gold touch hole liners apparently appeared in the late 1600s or early 1700s. There's one in at least one presentation gun from that era that was never used (and thus was unlikely to have had a new touch hole liner added later).
This one is in an Irish duelling pistol, circa 1790.
I don't plan on cutting it apart to see for sure how it was done, that's for sure
Making an oval shaped one wouldn't be so bad - just file the hole to an oval. But why? What fun.
