It's time to remove the locks on my graded Tobin shotgun.
As I remember, Tobins have rollers on the tips of the cocking arms, and I'm beginning to feel some "lack of smoothness" on cocking.
Before I embark, any tips?
I always remove locks by first cocking them, then measuring the screw slot width and length, I fit a turnscrew, and them tap the bit into the screw to break loose the threads. I typically put a drop of penetrant on the off side, occasionally heating the end of the pin with a soldering iron, to get it to suck up penetrant.
Occasionally, I'll outline the lock plate with a scribe, just in case it is embedded in wax or finish.
I'm anxious to clean and photograph the internals to share here, after a sonic cleaning and lubrication.
I'll have to email the pics to someone when I'm through.
Drew can have them if he wishes when I'm through.
I'm concerned that PB has trashed much of the carefully collected historical information consolidated over the last 20 years.
TIA
