Upside down Baker tang
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 9:33 am
So - I am in the process of building a Baker kit from The Rifle Shoppe and I had a slip with my mill when I was cutting a countersink in the tang for the screw, so the cut is off to one side. Not a huge issue, you can just see it protruding from screw when it is fitted.
Anyway, I noticed that a supplier in the UK sells cast Baker parts and that they have a 'Baker Breech Tang' listed, but no picture. I ordered one, for £25 and £6 postage thinking I could swap it out.
It arrived today, and unless I'm going mad, the lower section has been affixed to the top in the mould/casting process and is on the top of the tang, rather than the bottom. It is up the opposite way to my Rifle Shoppe tang and unless I cut it off and weld it to the bottom of the tang, it would be sticking up out the top of the rifle.
I wanted to share this as I found it both amusing and annoying. If anyone knows of a Baker Rifle that ever had an upside down tang, do please correct me. It did cross my mind that it was just a sprue, but it has clearly been cut from the sprue and then where is the bottom portion of the tang...
I've asked for a refund. Waiting on a reply but the supplier has always delivered and been good in the past. It looks like they just have a bad batch, which is a shame for them.
Anyway, I noticed that a supplier in the UK sells cast Baker parts and that they have a 'Baker Breech Tang' listed, but no picture. I ordered one, for £25 and £6 postage thinking I could swap it out.
It arrived today, and unless I'm going mad, the lower section has been affixed to the top in the mould/casting process and is on the top of the tang, rather than the bottom. It is up the opposite way to my Rifle Shoppe tang and unless I cut it off and weld it to the bottom of the tang, it would be sticking up out the top of the rifle.
I wanted to share this as I found it both amusing and annoying. If anyone knows of a Baker Rifle that ever had an upside down tang, do please correct me. It did cross my mind that it was just a sprue, but it has clearly been cut from the sprue and then where is the bottom portion of the tang...
I've asked for a refund. Waiting on a reply but the supplier has always delivered and been good in the past. It looks like they just have a bad batch, which is a shame for them.