Bobby, the first Utica Fox I worked on (over?), I believe I missed the setscrew. It was possible to drift out the axle right past the setscrew in the center bearing but I seem to remember it was scored by the screw.
jack
Addendum: As a bodger and tinkerer (altho occasionally I do try to educate myself--sometimes the hard way), it seems to me that just a bit of speculation about how things got this way is in order before the exploratory. I already tried the "used but not abused" scenario to explain the late cocking right side hammer and the jar-off same hammer yesterday. Despite shallow checkering lines the wood is good and undinged (except for one stick shellac fill on stock), flush to metal at bar and forend knuckle, no play in the hinge open or closed forend off, on face. But the barrels have been reblued and possibly restruck exterior as no sign of muzzle ring dents on outside and the forend iron and t-guard reblued. Because of the unseated trigger plate and the bad screw slots in same, I'm now wondering if the perpetrator of the redo was a clever cosmetician but at a loss to correct mechanical shortcomings. Could be more than one visit to the bench in 90 yrs. of course. Looks like I'm going to learn a bit about that cocking train. I hope Ted's hygenic solution is enuf to get her back on track for another few yrs. but have a suspicion that has been tried already.
Last edited by rabbit; 07/05/10 01:08 PM.
