Brad called me today to report that when they pulled the action off the stock, there was a good deal of rust in the mechanics. The springs will have to be replaced and Brad felt it was surprising that the top lever could move at all given the amout of rust. This will all be taken care of after boiling out the entire action/frame but it goes to the point that external looks to these old guns can be very deceiving. Oh, turns out we'll be using Edgar's Hawkins pad as the Silver pads screw holes will not fit the buttstock as well as the Hawkins. (So Edgar, the original Hawkins pad will not be coming back to you.)
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