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Forgot to mention that the barrel shroud boss for the fore-end screw when i look into it almost appears as if it was tapped for a larger screw because the bottom of the opening seems narrower and cylindrical but theres no threads left down there.

The screw I found that works with the escutcheon is literally an old light switch plate centre screw. I feel like in my memory that the "screw" that held it on that it came with was two pieces, like a screw into a screw. Im not sure what to do. Maybe this is more a gunsmith problem. Ive re...

Barrel shroud after 0000s steel wool

Fore-end attachment location with escutcheon for comparison

Serial 17713

Stock, stock repair, fore-end top and bottom.

Thanks for the photo! The screw I had was not the sling screw style, I recall that much. Ive found a screw that matches the threads on the forearm/fore-end escutcheon threads, but not the threads that attach it to the barrel shroud which seemed to be a larger diameter. But at least that gives me som...

Hello all, I'm Dave from Southern Ontario, Canada. I was gifted a co-worker in my previous career's father's rifle about ten years ago now. It had hung on a wall as a decoration for a long time and thus not oiled in the family farmhouse. The wood and barrel sleeve were rough, the bottom of the stock...