Finished un-sporterizing a No4Mk1

[Peter Laidler]

Couldn't you be tempted to plug the Ishy screw hole with a nice round taper oak plug? You could be really clever and turn a plug with the grain going crosswise to match the direction of the grain in the fore-end. That's JUST what I'm going to do this afternoon while patching an ex OSS Thompson butt, found in Bosnia.

Afterwards, there's the dreary prospect of range testing it................

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[louthepou]

Couldn't you be tempted to plug the Ishy screw hole with a nice round taper oak plug? You could be really clever and turn a plug with the grain going crosswise to match the direction of the grain in the fore-end. That's JUST what I'm going to do this afternoon while patching an ex OSS Thompson butt, found in Bosnia.

Afterwards, there's the dreary prospect of range testing it................

Ok, I shall attempt this, I guess it's part of the prescribed learning experience

Peter, is that screw simply going to come out with a screw driver (I,ve never removed one)? What type of drill bit are you using to prepare the whole? And finally, why the "taper", and not a straight plug?

Lou