I don't know Steve, but what part of Colorado he was in? We are up in North and got pretty close to getting flooded but luckily made it out unscathed. There were some areas that got it pretty bad though. My buddy and I were working at one of the temporary shelters when they were pulling people off t...

Well folks, I ended up breaking down and filing it down slowly with my roughest sharpening stone. It was really hard metal and I took my time file for 5 seconds and then checking for fit, then repeat. I did all the rear/ non-holed end of the plate. After about 45 minutes I got it to the point where ...

Good afternoon, Thank you everyone for the comments. I went along inside the dovetail with a dental tool and it seemed clean and clear of any burrs. I agree the method of insertion should be insert into the dovetail side first and apply pressure on the pin side. You can see with the pictures though ...

geobru, Thank you for the link and encouragement. I can see the the bolt is dovetailed slightly but I don't see the end of the cover plate being dovetailed. The edges are ever so slightly rounded it appears but it looks pretty square to me. I can slip the plate inside of the dovetail but it still ma...

In the meantime if you're bored, tell us about yourself ( and your other lever guns :wink: ), or spin a tale of lever gun heroism back when you and your trusty lever gun stood alone between tranquility and utter devastation for your whole community and prevailed... :D Well you really overestimating...

Good evening, My father picked up a BL22 cheap for me as a starter rifle for my daughters who are graduating from their Daisy BB guns. It seemed to be in functional condition but it looked like it hadn't been cleaned for quite some time. I read several horror stories online about how difficult this ...