doughk. Thank you for the link. That is what I had hoped to learn.
The rifle is now in pieces with the crack at the wrist and the stripped front guard screw as the first repairs to be done.
In the lower picture,just in front of the receiver, you can see the upper part of a So.African repair for the stripped front receiver screw. The saddle like piece contains the new front screw attachment which extends down and is held in the stock by a screw through the bottem of the stock.
Otto