Speedo66
04-05-2015, 08:07 AM
I just received my original '73, made in 1889, back from a local gunsmith who removed a screw for me. I had tried days of letting it sit with PB Blaster, Kroil, heat, cold, tapping with a screwdriver, etc. Half of the head of the screw finally split off when I applied too much pressure, off to the smith for removal.
He drilled it out, said it came out nicely, leaving clean threads. it was a tiny screw that holds a small leaf tension spring for the dust cover. The spring keeps the cover from flopping around. The spring had broken who knows when, and is probably why the dust cover is gone, lost to history.
He replaced the screw and spring with original replacements I provided, and the gun now has a repro dust cover back on it.
Since it kept my frustrated head from exploding, I figure his fee of $39 was money well spent. :shock:
Anyone have a simple method of making a modern blued dust cover look vintage brown to match the rest of the rifle? :razz:
He drilled it out, said it came out nicely, leaving clean threads. it was a tiny screw that holds a small leaf tension spring for the dust cover. The spring keeps the cover from flopping around. The spring had broken who knows when, and is probably why the dust cover is gone, lost to history.
He replaced the screw and spring with original replacements I provided, and the gun now has a repro dust cover back on it.
Since it kept my frustrated head from exploding, I figure his fee of $39 was money well spent. :shock:
Anyone have a simple method of making a modern blued dust cover look vintage brown to match the rest of the rifle? :razz: