Success! Rifle is 100% back together. This has been on my mental to-do list for over a year after I got it back from a hack gunsmith with more problems than I gave him. It took me a good 4-5 hours of checking, fitting, filing, checking, filing, etc to get stock and receiver fit correct. The hack gunsmith I used last year to fix the first crack caused way more problems than he fixed. You can see his accraglass patch on the inside left wing of the stock which was WAY out of dimension. Pressing the stock onto the receiver caused a wedge effect due to this repair buildup. Any recoil forces would direct the stress to the closest point where the wedge levers met, which was exactly where it cracked and I had to repair. All cracks properly repaired now and proper internal relief given for the hammers, cocking pin indicators, and stock wings on each side of the receiver so they are not under pressure.
I had to mildly adjust the triggers to get 100% function along with the Greener safety bar and trigger bar interface for 100% reliability. When the hack gunsmith refinished the stock he changed the trigger plate to stock fitment just enough that there was too much interference with the Greener bolt. The shotgun trigger wouldn’t fire even with the Greener bolt on Fire. Pretty easy adjustment.
I did a a touch more spring force on the rifle set trigger to compensate for a slighty stronger trigger bar rebound spring. Set trigger function is 100% and a neat feature on this little combo.
Last item to repair was the front scope clawmount, particularly the left claw. I needed a few thousandths more interference on the hook to remove the slightest of play when installed. I removed the claw mount from the scope, fixtured it up on a steel square bar and hit the claw with some MAP torch heat. After 20 seconds I tapped on it with a hammer and closed the claw about 5-8 thousandths as measured with my calipers. Now the scope mounts up perfectly with ZERO play!
Looking forward to shooting it this weekend. I have at least 7 boxes of Sellier & Belliot 6.5-52R 117grain lead tip ammo along with almost 80 rounds of loads I have made using 25-35 brass and cfe-223 26.5 grains pushing the new Hornady 110 FTX bullet around 2200fps.
I just need to buy a few boxes of light 20 gauge shells for some skeet and sporting clays fun!
