Breaking down a 91-30 pre-war stock

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Breaking down a 91-30 pre-war stock

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Hi folks, I acquired a doosey of a rifle for cheap that I want to recover the metal stock parts from. The stock itself is broken, cracked and otherwise kinda spent. The all-matching action will be used elsewhere, but is there a recommended tool to remove the sling escutcheon screws (sp?) with? How about the nose cap? They seem really small and with shallow slots. Thanks, Aaron
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The tool is called a screw driver.
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How bad is it broken? You might save it.
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Soak everything 24 hrs. w/ penetrating oil first. You'll need a x-small screwdriver, watchmakers type I guess they are called.
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Millman: Normally I would agree but the toe splice looks to have been removed with a hammer, or torn off... plus there are at least two cracks with wood displaced and two spliced-in bits. I bought it for parts. I'll keep the action, the bore may have potential. But so do the other 20+, ugh...
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Time to post photos of what you have been talking about on the forums. We need to see photos.

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millman wrote:The tool is called a screw driver.
That's right, but if the stock got refurbished it was common for them to sand the stock, escutcheon & screws together. This tends to sand the screws flush & keeps you from gaining purchase on the slot to turn them out.

As stated; Pictures of the item will help us help you.
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I haven't seen a wooden stock that can not be repaired if all of the wood is there. Wood is very forgiving, history not so much.
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Rongo wrote:
millman wrote:The tool is called a screw driver.
That's right, but if the stock got refurbished it was common for them to sand the stock, escutcheon & screws together. This tends to sand the screws flush & keeps you from gaining purchase on the slot to turn them out.

As stated; Pictures of the item will help us help you.
:pointup: Like he said!
I have a 1917 Remington that may be a SCW that some of the screw slots are completely gone.
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B24 wrote:
Rongo wrote:
millman wrote:The tool is called a screw driver.
That's right, but if the stock got refurbished it was common for them to sand the stock, escutcheon & screws together. This tends to sand the screws flush & keeps you from gaining purchase on the slot to turn them out.

As stated; Pictures of the item will help us help you.
:pointup: Like he said!
I have a 1917 Remington that may be a SCW that some of the screw slots are completely gone.
Engraving tool will restore slots, if it comes to that.
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dolk wrote:Time to post photos of what you have been talking about on the forums. We need to see photos.

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Yeah, and post a pic of the screwdriver. We need pics of everything here. We are very visual types... 8-)
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