My apologies for such a late reply guys , thank -you

Frank , was thinking the same thing , but upon test fitting it is surprisingly strong , pins are needed for this for sure , butt joins one can never fully trust . At the moment I'm out of brass stock , if I had then this would have been replaced . All I have at the moment is plastic contrail stock which would just defeat the purpose . Rather save that stock for vac kits which weight really isn't an issue .
Weekend is coming so more progress to follow .
Thanks for tuning in

Alexis