I replaced the bullseye on a newly acquired 39A. I decided to take pictures of the process to help others replace the bullseye. Thanks to Don Fenton from rimfirecentral for his sandpaper idea.


Here is a picture of the existing bullseye hole that I taped up to protect the stock. Luckily the hole did not have any chips, and I wanted to keep it that way.
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I glued sandpaper of various grits onto the popsicle sticks with super glue. A few drops along the stick did the trick.
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When I inserted the new plastic bullseye, it was a very tight fit. I tried to tap it in, but I was afraid of chipping out the hole. eek Instead, I sanded the the bullseye around it's diameter so it would be a snug fit.
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I used wood glue on a toothpick to put into the bottom of the hole.
After a few easy taps with a wood mallet, I took a hack saw blade and cut the excess plastic sticking above the hole. It was now ready for sanding.
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I started out with course sandpaper to remove material fast, and progressed to the finer stuff. I decided to add another layer of tape to protect the stock, but removed the extra layer toward the end of the polishing.
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As good as new. I may end up replacing the white line spacers too, because of the not so perfect fit.
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