anothertoothpick
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- Mar 13, 2013
- 18
Hello all, I rolled the dice on a SMLE on Gunbroker being sold from an estate. The good news is I seem to have lucked out and ended up with an all matching 1918 Enfield with a decent amount of original finish left and a remarkably shiny bore. It's got a lot of dust and grime, though, so I decided to disassemble the stock and give everything a good wiping down. I didn't get very far before discovering the bad news: for some reason, the side screw for the nose cap has been punched/peened in to prevent removal. The internet has not been forthcoming with answers, probably since I'm not using the right vocabulary.
Has anyone got any ideas as to how I might be able to reverse this and get the screw out without absolutely mangling the area? The nose cap is numbered matching like the rest of the gun, so I really don't want to mess it up, but the screw looks to be easily replaceable...
Has anyone got any ideas as to how I might be able to reverse this and get the screw out without absolutely mangling the area? The nose cap is numbered matching like the rest of the gun, so I really don't want to mess it up, but the screw looks to be easily replaceable...