This one was UGLY

[SPDguns]

Had a guy bring an old lever action .22 in the shop. Made by American Eagle, never heard of them. It's really cool, the entire magazine assembly articulates when you move the lever. Parts are made of Unobtanium. It was a hand me down rifle, so he wants it fixed up for the next generation. The cocking lever screw was lost over the years so the first pic is where farmer John or uncle Leroy made field expedient repairs using hardware from the shop floor. It had about two miles of wobble and slop in it. Second pic- bronze sleeve and 1/4X28 bolt. The sleeve had to be turned down because apparently 5/16" from "back then" is 1-1/2 thousandths larger then 5/16" now. Third pic is the fabricated final bolt with the sleeve installed. Fourth pic- everything cleaned up and ready to blue. Fifth pic- finished.
I bid this job at 2 hours to completely go through and deep clean the gun and fix the bolt, buttplate and find a rear sight for it. The bolt alone was about 1-1/2 hours......
Oh well, it turned out good!

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Nice job! Although the wingnut and bolt could be used for tactical quick breakdown purposes.

 

[Bocephus123]

I like the world class wingnut!!! Great job by the way !!

 

[adamsredlines]

That's not a wing nut, it's a DIAS

 

[Bocephus123]

That's not a wing nut, it's a DIAS

Could be a Butterfly Nut

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Could be a Butterfly Nut

That's only when Hillman goes woke, bolts will become unicorn screws when they do.

 

[RickN]

Nice job. I would love to see the whole rifle. Old firearms have so much more class and beauty than the modern plastic wonders.

 

[OkieMoe]

Loved the story. They get an A for creation. Your A+ for fixing it correctly!

 

[JbobG]

Had a guy bring an old lever action .22 in the shop. Made by American Eagle, never heard of them. It's really cool, the entire magazine assembly articulates when you move the lever. Parts are made of Unobtanium. It was a hand me down rifle, so he wants it fixed up for the next generation. The cocking lever screw was lost over the years so the first pic is where farmer John or uncle Leroy made field expedient repairs using hardware from the shop floor. It had about two miles of wobble and slop in it. Second pic- bronze sleeve and 1/4X28 bolt. The sleeve had to be turned down because apparently 5/16" from "back then" is 1-1/2 thousandths larger then 5/16" now. Third pic is the fabricated final bolt with the sleeve installed. Fourth pic- everything cleaned up and ready to blue. Fifth pic- finished.
I bid this job at 2 hours to completely go through and deep clean the gun and fix the bolt, buttplate and find a rear sight for it. The bolt alone was about 1-1/2 hours......
Oh well, it turned out good!

.0015 bigger would just be a number 3 fit

 

[Boehlertaught]

Your repair is no doubt very functional but it is very low on the character scale compared to the wing nut.