Thanks, Brent. The inletting is complex and is often destroyed by folks not familiar with its idiosyncratic pitfalls.
Back in the fall I found a set of tools designed specifically for the Ideal series. From my thread in November:
"Since acquiring a couple of Manufrance Ideals, I have been looking for the Manufrance tools specially made to strip down a gun. Below is my recent acquisition sitting atop Mournetass photograph of the three different types made. My version is the one made after 1920. The earlier two were made in 1887 and 1896. The paddle shaped piece is to lock the cocking lever in the up position so that the stock can be removed without destroying the not quite ace of spades shaped inletting on top of the stock. All pieces fit inside the boxwood handle which has a metal slot on the face that accommodates the turnscrews and spanner tools. Gil"
