True, but then you would have LESS mating surface contact than with the 1905 full surface bolt plate and you would not have the lateral stability provided by the mating channel / ridge interface, so I would think it would be a disadvantageous result ......a half assed fix in other words.
The illustration also shows the complexity of hand fitting a replacement bolt plate to fit within the recess of the bolt. Inexact gunsmithing can result in a fit worse than it was before. So just because the top lever is to the left of center doesn't mean, IMHO, that the bolt plate should be replaced. I've suggested to just live with it until the lever is full left and the barrel begins to get vertically loose. To be properly done, the action needs to be dissassembled and the bolt removed for matching and too many gunsmiths think they can just stick in a new bolt plate without doing more.
Bruce Day, novice Parker enthusiast
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