Phil, What you are describing in NOT a Billings Flange, but rather a brass rail configuration! A Billings Flange does not have a "Plate". It is an individual, unto itselt, brass flange, that is formed to accept a center pin in its top section and has a fork, (w/"fingers"), which attaches to the rail by a regular flange screw. Methinks you have your nomenclature screwed up! Regards, Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
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