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crowbar
In the old days they were a rolled tube split like a windmill for the flange , but the point is people still make them with a flange when they should use a countersunk head and once everybody knows and try it out for themselves they will see the light and the springer world will be a better place.
I've just opened up a Mk2 Meteor made as above with a slight radius where the washer will fit. The washer has been machined to a taper fit just as in the previous posts and as T20 says as Weihrauch do it, all be it with a metal washer/delrin guide.
The washer taper has the factory dark grey coating so it's not been done after manufacture.
The more I think I know, the more I realise the less I know.