would you post pictures of the aluminum pieces used to force the hammers in position -- outside the receiver showing the contour of the hammer in the aluminum piece? i saw the youtube video and thought it was a handy tool to make for these sxs guns. i made mine of a steel scrap of metal from an old garage door adjustable link. i made one with the metal strip about 18" long. i was able to use my body weight to force the hammer forward enough to use a phillips head screwdriver in place of the hammer pin to help in reassembly. was lucky and had a old phillips screwdriver the correct shaft diameter. my tools is not perfect but have used it to assemble several stevens./fox sxs shotguns. have decided to follow this plan now that i see it really works. have made another hammer follower like the first one i made and intend to use it as pictured. the tang screw -- 1/4" x 24 -- was the reason i only did one side of this tool at first. after ww 2 the thread pitch standards were changed to 1/4" x 20 or 28 per inch. stevens/savage never changed to the new thread standards -- guess that was good for their parts sales.
