I used my Arietta 601 hunting and got caught in heavy rain. I toweled it dry, sprayed oil and when I got home I cleaned it again and oiled it again. A week goes by and I thought about the sidelocks, could the rain have gotten to them ?
I cocked the action and removed the right sidelock easily enough using a thin bladed screw driver. No rust. However when I tried to reinstall the lock I discovered you had to hold the mainspring cocking lever down so that it fits under the mainspring as the lock starts to drop into place. Now we get to the problem. The sear will not drop into place over the trigger because there is a spring loaded part that moves forward and blocks the sear from entering. This part moves easily under pressure but I have not been able to figure out how to keep it back. The safety has no effect on it.
Please advise.
danc
