Thank you for the pics. They look like new fun, to me. Older rifley-things are great fun to get working.
The take-apart pictured appears to be more of the 'universal' version, where the bbl separates/unscrews from action and the forestock stays attached to it.
The WR version, separates the entire stock from the entire bbl'd action.
The bbl is secured in the fore-end by a steel underlug, pierced by a half-winged captive thru bolt. There are sideplates on the forend to locate and keep stable the fastening apparatus. The receiver ring lug just sits in its mortise, with no bolt coming in from the front of the trigger guard. Spin out the fore-end screw, and the bbl is free.
Instead, the floor plate & magazine assembly is truncated by a slanting cut, which also removes the front guard/action screw. The 'unitized' arrangement apparently allows the bbl'd action to lifted right out of the stock - magazine, floorplate and all, once the securing screw thru the bottom the wrist, into the action tail is released.
The vintage catalog pages show the general idea, but the details aren't that readily apparent.
However, the idea must have worked, as the inletting shows no battering, which is better than can be said for the stock exterior. Bubba, careless files and coarse sandpaper have been there, on the lovely smokey walnut. Restorable, but werry, werry slowly and carefully, with some exterior repairs as well.
Will look forward to seeing your progress and results, as time allows.
