Re: x-raying the piece,.....I'm curious as to how the Mating "Faces" that bear on one another are attached, and interface (no pun intended) with one another,....in other words, WHERE, and to WHAT exactly do those double recessed screws thread into, and how those fixtures are attached to the receiver and the barrel,....Given that it's undoubtedly a top end rust bluing job, and not hot salts, I'm guess in that the fixtures are probably soldered to the reciever and barrel,.....than and again, maybe dovetailed and pinned. GTC
Hello crossfireoops
Thanks for the reply.
If you are referring to the flat metal plates on the forend and on the end of the stock, they are simply screwed to the wood on each, the stock face and forend face, with wood screws. The plates do not touch the receiver or the barrel, only the wood. Its the barrel and the receiver that "match-up" to each another. Its the same principle as a typical barrel being screwed into the receiver, except they are not "torqued" together. The two surfaces, barrel shoulder and receiver face, are "lapped" to each other and they simply mate with hand pressure. The metal plates "cap" the wood, and the retractable pin provides an anchor to the barrel to keep it locked in place and not unscrew during use.
