WoW Buckheart! You really brought that one back from the brink! I like that you reused the abused butt stock and You added the perch-belly, well-done! You've re-created it in the spirit of an 1899A short rifle, nice faithful rebuild. Keep the Faith Brother!
The solution to your rotor orientation is to remove the cross pin, which will completely release the rotor spring tension, then pull the rotor forward and free of the receiver, (and the cartridge guide that orients it), Then put it back in with "0" showing in the window, then You can re-wind the rotor spring tension and replace the cross pin.
If you take pictures of the steps, and can share them here you'll be helping out a new member who also needed help with his buggered rotor (cross) screw,
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Last edited by JeffG; 01/28/24.