Belated thread reply
I am no longer confident to attempt anything engineering related and went to a local engineer with both BSA and HW hinge bolts for a Meteor.
He was unhappy with the amount of metal he would remove for the Weihrauch nut & bolt heads so has gone with the Mercury bolt. It will have to bear against the inside of the folded jaws which I hope will be strong enough for the task.
The bolt and nut heads should sit within the outer curved part of the jaws to prevent crushing when being tightened.
Once the gap between the jaws has been exposed I intend to fill it with liquid metal filler.
In this case the jaws have begun to splay open.
I was confused by the pros and cons of this in earlier posts, would those of you in the know care to comment on this wrt to cam or tightening problems.
I have a couple of shim washers from A bey on standby.I might need an extra washer beneath the bolt end in case the Mercury bolt is too long for the Meteor cylinder, am about to order a new barrel latch pin from Knibbs and to cap it all an extra strong latch spring from Protek all in the hope that barrel lock up will be solid. What can go wrong?.
ATB DFL
P.S He's a shot gunner so isn't phased with being left with air gun parts.
Last edited by Dornfelderliebe; 27-02-2024 at 11:49 AM.
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