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i have the draw bolt removed from the stock, stock moves back about 1/4 inch, but won't come off. Is there something else that has to come off so stock can be removed? TX for any help. Jim

The trigger plate. Carefull of the sear springs.

The trigger plate is removed by first removing the trigger guard, one screw then turn the guard counter-clockwise and remove. The front of the guard is just notched into the trigger plate. Then you'll see two screws you'll have to remove and then trigger plate itself. The trigger plate is pretty tight so you'll have to carefully work it to get it free. There is no other screws you have to remove except for the draw bolt itself to take the stock off.

Take the trigger guard off,,

Put the stock draw bolt back in,,no need to tighten it up all the way though. Just as long as it's threaded into the bushing a ways.

Then loosen the bottom, rear tang screw. A short stubby screw as is the top rear tang screw.
They hold the round pillar bushing in place between the tangs that the draw bolt screws into.
The top rear tang screw should be tight to begin with,,check it to start & leave it that way.

Just loosen the bottom screw a few turns. Then loosen the trigger plate screw a few turns.

Now remove the draw bolt once again.

Pull the trigger plate downward free of the action as far as the now loosened screws will allow,,but still attached.
Now see if the action will come forward off the wood.
Your sear springs (small coil) will be captive in the action and the safety link will still be in engagement with the button.

Makes for easy reassembly that way too, especially if the gun has an optional SNS trigger mechanism..

Some won't come off the wood w/o completely removeing screws and plate, but it's worth a try.

The reason for leaving the draw bolt in place before removing the tang screw is to avoid turning that round/pillar bushing in the process of turning out the tang screw.
It's already nicely alligned with the draw bolt and reassembly is much easier if you don't have to fiddle with getting the draw bolt, and 2 tang srews all alligned in assembly.

There is a top and bottom to the bushing also as far as ease of assembly goes. So mark it if you remove it while doing repairs.

Thank you every one, that should do it.

Dog, DON"T TOUCH THAT TOP TANG SCREW, if is not necessary in order to remove the stock on a Nitro Special. If you try to turn it all you'll do is bugger up that screw. Just take the trigger guard off and unloosen those two bottom screws and take the trigger plate off, the stock will pull right off after unloosening the draw bolt.

You usually do not need to actually remove the trigger plate to remove the stock. Just loosen it a bit. This allows it to drop down enough to let the stock slide off.