The wood can be shaped with a round knob, or a flat knob which is abreviated RK or FK.   Long tang is the top tâ¦ang of the breech block frame which is the metal that comes down the top of the buttstock and screws into the wood. Usually it is 1/2 wide and about 4-5 long.
What is the purpose and location of Mission San Gabriel Arcangel? Mission San Gabriel Arcangel was founded as part of the effort by the Spanish to settle the territory known as Alta California. The purpose of the mission was to build a community of Christian men and women who would be loyal to the Spanish Crown. An important objective, particularly for the missionaries, was to covert the natives to the Catholic faith.
This location had been favored by the PortolÃ¡ expedition in 1769. They had given their campsite the name La Hoya de la Sierra de Santa Lucia. This valley, at the foot of the Santa Lucia Mountains was known by Serra as the Valley of the Oaks (Los Robles). Establishment of Mission San Antonio de Padua was the third mission founded in the 21 mission chain in Alta California. The original founding site lay one and one half miles south of the present church. The original location had to be abandoned in 1773 due to drought, and the new site was chosen on the east bank of year-round Mission Creek.