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I'll do my best to describe it without pics. It's a Lyman GPR, cap lock. The factory did a Wonderful job :barf: of setting the bolster and the lock.
When viewed from the side, the nipple is just inside the front edge of the cup. Not even close to centered. This has lead to a gun that fires a cap only 50% of the time! If it were a regular cap lock I would change out the powder drum and drill the nipple in the correct location. Given that it has the hooked breech and bolster I don't want to try to get a new, un drilled for a nipple bolster. Not sure that I am the guy to pull one of those off.
My question to the gun builders out there is...do I heat up the hammer and put a slight bend in it forward to get it better centered on the nipple? Or, carve out the end of the tang and the butt of the same to allow me to slide the barrel back an 8th of an inch. There is room in the slots for the tennons. There is room behind the barrel rib to the nose cap, and the stock will be refinished as well.
I'm leaning towards sliding the barrel back. What's your opinion?
Thank you in advance for your thoughts.
When viewed from the side, the nipple is just inside the front edge of the cup. Not even close to centered. This has lead to a gun that fires a cap only 50% of the time! If it were a regular cap lock I would change out the powder drum and drill the nipple in the correct location. Given that it has the hooked breech and bolster I don't want to try to get a new, un drilled for a nipple bolster. Not sure that I am the guy to pull one of those off.
My question to the gun builders out there is...do I heat up the hammer and put a slight bend in it forward to get it better centered on the nipple? Or, carve out the end of the tang and the butt of the same to allow me to slide the barrel back an 8th of an inch. There is room in the slots for the tennons. There is room behind the barrel rib to the nose cap, and the stock will be refinished as well.
I'm leaning towards sliding the barrel back. What's your opinion?
Thank you in advance for your thoughts.