After careful deliberation, I threw caution to the wind and did a bobtail job on my beloved Remington R1 last night.
It was an off day, I was tired, I knew the timing was totally wrong but me and patience plus the fact that the wife forgot to bring home fishing lures to assemble gave me the night in the man cave.
It was with bobtail or Dancing With the Stars and those dance outfits on the ladies just drive me nuts ya know.
Some would say I've ruined the gun for resale but it's mine and I don't ever figure in resale. I'm a buyer not a seller ya know.
Anyhow, all I got at the moment is a cell phone pic. New phone I'm too stupid to know how to work but I think I got it done. Technology and me don't belong in the same sentence.
Anyhow, here she be.
I believe I sweated more doing this one than I did on the first one. Bluing turned out semi ok, I still have a little reshaping to do to make it 100 percent but the scary part is done. I spent more time putting the gun back together than I did on the hack saw.
For some reason the 3 fingered spring on this thing is just a pig to put in. Took me at least 6 attempts and over an hour to get it right. No problem with the others, I get it eventually. Last time I thought I had it figured out but alas it was not the case.
Old Lincoln, kind of give me a better description of this thumb safety your talking about.
Just on top or not as pronounced or what?