Thanks for all the info guys. I did not file on the breech face. I just sanded down the barrel faces very lightly to get it to contact the breech face. I bought the gun for the specific purpose to learn how to fix it. I figured that you had to clean it after smoking it but now i know for sure. The pin should be round as my first attempt at fixing it was to replace the hinge pin, only to find that the hook was to worn down even to contact the new pin, so I decided to weld the hook. I have never tried this before so I did not expect to get it right the first time.
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