Back together, functional, and test fired.
For now the top lever screw needs to go one quarter turn farther. I am going to leave it as is until I feel like working the screw a little to line it up.
In the "this gun hates me" department the last thing I did of course was put on the trigger bow, which bound up the rear trigger. I "clearanced" the rear trigger a bit and all is well.
I only have a trigger return spring on the front trigger as the one I made was WAY too wide to fit two springs between the triggers. I used flat spring material and I just can't get it thin enough. I will find some appropriate wire and make one out of that eventually.
I cut the stock to put on the plate today and found that the butt had a whole lot of pitch. I am thinking that straightening that out as well as lowering the comb will tame what I thought was quite a bit of recoil for such a heavy gun, with a fat butt.
As soon as I get a few coats of oil on the old girl I will post some pictures. She sure is pretty, I hope she is worth the trouble.
CHAZ
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