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forend doohickey terminology?
#1736 09/18/06 04:36 AM
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Friend of mine lost the decorative steel tip surrounding the forend latch on one of his Greenfield SxSs. Is there a term for this doohickey, other than 'forend tip furniture'?

Also, as the gun is one of a cased, matched pair built in 1906, is there anyone who could fabricate a duplicate?

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I call it the pushrod escutcheon but I like forend tip furniture also. Or it is a "bedat" as in Whatbedat?

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Maybe doohickey OK also as in What do this little hickey do? Escutcheon seems to fit pretty well with one of the dictionary defs, to wit, "the protective plate around a keyhole." The pushrod goes thru it and unlocks the forend catch so key, keyhole and keyhole protector seem apt.

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#1739 09/18/06 06:11 AM
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Thanks, rabbit, 'forend escutcheon' it is!

Somehwre, some artisan must be able to fabricate a match for the forend escutcheon on my friend's other Greenfield. The pair is too nice to be left incomplete.

Any recommendations?

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Maybe ferrule also although it's sort of a half or three-quarter ferrule. Is the plate and recess around a Deeley latch also an escutcheon?

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