Finally got the next step in the restoration of my Simpson. got the screws all made now add the decoration to the heads and start the polishing. The screws were so badly rusted in that I ended up drilling them out, rather than damaging the action, its kinda strange because the screw looked like someone used a locking compounds that rusted the threads only the rest of the screw was clean.
The screw threads are M4.8 through out the action. No dies seem to be available but I did get a tap and ended up making dies from W-1 drill rod the screws are made from 1144 stressproof it machines really nice. The big problem I found is the timing of the heads that took longer to get that correct. I have built many rifles but never encountered a problem like this before. Shotguns are a different thing altogether for me. So anyway thought I would put this up for what its worth.
