Dark Alley Dan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Darkest Edmonton
Good Morning, Braintrust.
I have a #1 mk III that I'm very gradually returning to stock. I bought all the necessary resto bits from Springfield Sporters before they decided to not do business with us Frostbacks anymore.
It seems a pretty straightforward rifle, but I'm hung up on two things:
1) The safety seems to want to reinstall one way and one way only, and that way isn't correct. When it's in, the wee cog that locks the bolt wants to do it all the time. I've read elsewhere in here about "timing" the safety, and about it being a finicky little piece. So how is this done?
2) I cannot get the action into the stock. There's "tight" fit (which is good) and then there's "No way in hell" fit, which is what I have. The stock is correct for the rifle (both Lithgow, correct model and mark) but there's a point in the process where, if I were to apply the necessary force to make them merge, I'd break something. I assume this is an issue one can expect to encounter when dealing with what is essentially a hand-fitted firearm, but is there a trick I should be aware of?
Many thanks, folks. I'd like to do this right, out of respect to this old lady and Australia.
Cheers,
Dan
I have a #1 mk III that I'm very gradually returning to stock. I bought all the necessary resto bits from Springfield Sporters before they decided to not do business with us Frostbacks anymore.
It seems a pretty straightforward rifle, but I'm hung up on two things:
1) The safety seems to want to reinstall one way and one way only, and that way isn't correct. When it's in, the wee cog that locks the bolt wants to do it all the time. I've read elsewhere in here about "timing" the safety, and about it being a finicky little piece. So how is this done?
2) I cannot get the action into the stock. There's "tight" fit (which is good) and then there's "No way in hell" fit, which is what I have. The stock is correct for the rifle (both Lithgow, correct model and mark) but there's a point in the process where, if I were to apply the necessary force to make them merge, I'd break something. I assume this is an issue one can expect to encounter when dealing with what is essentially a hand-fitted firearm, but is there a trick I should be aware of?
Many thanks, folks. I'd like to do this right, out of respect to this old lady and Australia.
Cheers,
Dan


















































