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![[Linked Image from thumbs2.imgbox.com]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/e0/c6/wD9j2YrL_t.jpg) I am @ a loss as to what it denotes.... Hochachtungsvoll, Raimey rse
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But that curved fore lug and the screw in it points to some novel lockup design by ole Mathieu Julien François Guerette à Liége.
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I am @ a loss as to what it denotes.... Hochachtungsvoll, Raimey rse I assume it is something done to try and tighten up a loose action.
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I've seen peening before, but it is typically on the fore & aft lug?
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Gotcha. I figured it was somebody trying to tighten it up. There is also a shim made from a tin can sitting between the water table and barrel flats so there was clearly a "backyard gunsmith" frantically trying to tighten it up haha.
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On a properly fitted double gun there is a gap between the action flats and the barrel flats, increasing in size closer to the breech.
It's there for a purpose.
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Yeah. I am aware there should be a gap. That shim was in there when I bought it, and seeing as I don't see myself firing this thing, I just left it in there. Whoever had it before clearly didn't know what they were doing.
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More than likely it was red a healthy diet of 70mm case length cartridges and that made it loose.
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