u/5th2

Building my first Bolt Action model, and having some trouble getting the back to line up, there's a big old gap.

Has anyone had this problem or know what I've done wrong?

Seems like the rear mud guards want to come down a few mm, but there's no enough room for them to fit between the vertical plates. Is there such a thing as gluing things together too tightly, should I have left more clearance between the two halves of the track?

Have bent the sides a little trying to get it in. Now mulling the merits of hacking it open to try and fix vs. plugging the gap and pretending it didn't happen.