Thank you gentlemen, I"m glad I could offer something you found worthwhile.
To that end I have some pewter on the way. TOW was out, but I found some on the auction site, got a pound of it. Should be enough to do an end cap or two.
Another thing I have found on this rifle, the thimble cap i think it is called is strange. I have seen from looking at the kits that the entry tube usually has a....skirt? going back over the stock. I'm not sure what that is called. On this Uberti, those are 2 seperate pieces. the tube is one piece held in by a screw through the stock, and the 'skirt' seemed to be glued in place. I say seemed to be because its not in place any longer.
This poses a problem to me, in that 1.) it's not 'right' and 2.) I dont like that it's only held by a small lip and epoxy.
So, I may weld those pieces together and contour to make it as right as I can. I did order one of the parts from TOW and they dont fit, the distance from center of the tube to the skirt edge is too great, there isn't enough stock to make it fit.
Isn't it fun to work on stuff?
