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Originally Posted by tangerine911S
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You have two issues. Inletted depth and hammer shape.
The action is not inleted deep enough and the barrel is not inletted back far enougth. The lock plate and the breech plug should fit tight together, no gap. Inlet the barrel/breech plug further back towards the pistol butt and increase the depth of the lock plate inletting. Also the wood above the lock plate is too high (too much wood) this should be lowered to the point of not touching the hammer at any point during it's travel.
The hammer is too flat (poor copy of an original) which can be heated and bent towards the nipple centerline. Don't forget to reharden the hammer after this adjustment.
Do the inletting first and use the hammer bending as a final adjustment only.