............................. sorry to say that I am somewhat disappointed.
It took me about an hour, no big deal. I used mainly a dremel tool with Carbude burs and a small chisel.
A coupla' years ago I bedded the OEM lock in to the stock with Devcon Steel Putty. (that's what I use for all my bedding work) Had to take most of the bedding out plus a LOT of wood. No big deal, I expected as much.
Had to grind a sizeable chunk of steel off of the tang. Expected that too from a forum members' posts.
So after a while of fumbling and farting around I got it inletted in to the stock and it just didn't function correctly. It turned out that the hammer was hitting the stock AND the side plate. On the sideof the hammer toward the base there was a pece of flash from when the hammer was cast/forged. Not only did this flash scratch the piss out of the stock, but it also left a mark on the side plate where it was hitting when hammer was down. I had to grind the flash off so the hammer would cock and fall correctly. Nice..................... A custom aftermarket lock that needed to be modified to work properly. Poor Q/C.
I'm not complaining about any of the work I needed to do, or any of the metal or wood that needed to be removed. The lock itself should have never left the shou without proper inspection.
This install has been an itch I wanted to scratch for a couple of years now. I would not have been satisfied until I tried it.
It took me about an hour, no big deal. I used mainly a dremel tool with Carbude burs and a small chisel.
A coupla' years ago I bedded the OEM lock in to the stock with Devcon Steel Putty. (that's what I use for all my bedding work) Had to take most of the bedding out plus a LOT of wood. No big deal, I expected as much.
Had to grind a sizeable chunk of steel off of the tang. Expected that too from a forum members' posts.
So after a while of fumbling and farting around I got it inletted in to the stock and it just didn't function correctly. It turned out that the hammer was hitting the stock AND the side plate. On the sideof the hammer toward the base there was a pece of flash from when the hammer was cast/forged. Not only did this flash scratch the piss out of the stock, but it also left a mark on the side plate where it was hitting when hammer was down. I had to grind the flash off so the hammer would cock and fall correctly. Nice..................... A custom aftermarket lock that needed to be modified to work properly. Poor Q/C.
I'm not complaining about any of the work I needed to do, or any of the metal or wood that needed to be removed. The lock itself should have never left the shou without proper inspection.
This install has been an itch I wanted to scratch for a couple of years now. I would not have been satisfied until I tried it.