P.H. (could be pro hunter or it could be you Pete): Members here were very helpful and the local stock bodger who redid my early Fox BE REMEMBERED that I had been a paying customer and might be again. No attitude and a "loose change" price. Apparently Brownells (that BROWNELL, BROWNELL, BROWNELL, I say again BROWNELl)is so fat or their phone sales guys so lazy they don't think 18$ for three sprngs (replacement pack for the smith kit) is worth giving out the dimensions. There's also the did it m'self approach and I think after a couple of tries I might get a spring. I beat a centerless two-lip auger out of a piece of drill rod a few decades back and hardened with Casenite powder. I also reshaped and hardened/tempered one sear from my AyA Numba 2 so the devil may think me a fool but he don't take me for a coward. I was very happy not to learn how in this instance however. Thanks for the tip. I stripped the stock faces up to the checkering band at the p-grip; no point removing finish that's doing it's job. Steamed out some dents and bruises AGAP as the wheel truers say, bit of red out of the useful Minwax can, couple coats of slacum over that now. I don't sand stocks, particularly not stocks with deep injuries. I like to keep the Platonic attributes intact and accept the bruises. River biscuits belong in the river.
jack
