No.4 fore end wood patching under chamber

[tbonesmith]

I've done them as essentially a morticed block, I've chiselled out a rectangle and glued in a block, and also milled out the recess and done the same. Both about 5-8mm deep. But I've seen old repairs that I assume are old armourers repairs where it has been a hardwood tapered dovetailed patch driven from the rear. This is similar to that sometimes seen on the front trigger guard screw recess. I can't quite see the point of the former though, as with the barrel in place it would be impossible for the patch to fall out anyway. Still, tapered dovetails seem to be the way it was done.

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