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I checked my Eddystone/Remington/Winchester M1917 rifle and it's trigger guard screws had been staked in the past....I believe that part of the rifle is Winchester manufacture.
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12-04-2020 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by
RC20
No, center punching is putting a dimple in a specific place for drilling.
So you would take issue with the use of the word "center" as the punch is not marking a center for drilling?
You could so, but then you are left only with "punching" which around here at least refers to punching holes in some material.
So the use of "center" in "center-punching" is to indicate that one is using a "center-punch" (one with a sharp-pointed conical tip) to make an indentation similar to that done when laying out for drilling or machining/cutting.
Originally Posted by
Promo
Now I understand why there is no
German word for it. On German rifles they used securing screws or pins. So they didn't need a word for it (fun fact: the
Czech did this on the G.33/40 rifle. I wonder if there is a Czech word for this?).
We all admire good workmanship, or should do, however it can be taken a bit too far at times, especially when there is a war on!
I can't remember where now, but I read some reference to Czech gunsmiths and machinists working under German occupation. The writer remarked that even though they hated that control and all it represented, they simply could not help doing masterful work.
Last edited by Surpmil; 12-06-2020 at 06:17 PM.
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It is extremely difficult to produce lower quality if you have been producing high quality all your life. It is almost impossible I would say.
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FWIW: Page 36 of the book "The American Enfield" by J. C. Harrison, shows the front action screw with the notation "Staked on WRA and Eddy. only."
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