[JKSapper79]

I have this Savage FOX Model B-BST 12g SxS in pieces, and need to get it back together, I took it apart a year ago before my unit deployed to afghanistan to refinish and duracoat the internals, and now I think I am going to have trouble getting it back together, anybody got any assembly instructions out there? Thanks

[JohnBT]

All I can find is a schematic. I've never taken one completely apart.

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[JKSapper79]

Hey thanks for the help

[rehorne]

Ahhh yer gonna need four hands and two little monkeys to get that thing back together! All kidding aside they are fairly simple but you will need a couple of slave pins for the sears and hammers. The main springs put a lot of pressure on the sears and hammers. Just take time and patients.

[JohnBT]

Now that you mention it, that's the reason I never took my Model B apart as a kid. Some adult said, "You'll be sorry if you do." :)

[JKSapper79]

Just getting ready to actually put it together, got the last coat of duracoat on everything yesturday. So lets see how long it takes and how crazy I go after this project, thanks

[JKSapper79]

Does anybody have a picture of one together with the stock off?

[JKSapper79]

All together again and it works hahaha. It took about 2 hours, those springs are a real bugger. Thanks for your help.

[rehorne]

Great News! Like I said fairly simple, just takes patients. Let's see some pics of.

[JKSapper79]

Before and after, you can see in the one photo of the reciever it was in real bad shape when I got it, the entire thing was coated in rust, so it got a complete strip and then coated in duracoats semi gloss HK black, I am stil not complete done, I still have to locate a couple of missing screws ( I got it that way) on for the trigger guard, one for the butt plate, and one for the foregrip and then I am going to color the embossing on the reciever gold to match the trigger, at this point I am just refinishing how I think I would like it since putting it back to factory condition was out of the question because of the shapr I recieved it in, thanks again for your help.

[snowdosa]

i have a model b, very similar, mines not in such rough condition, but my issues are essentially the same, the pins need to come out, and im curious how they reassemble in regards to a snug fit?, the heavy springs you guys have mentioned, and just general reasssembly? any special advise sapper?

[JKSapper79]

I made myself a blow by blow action report as I went, I even traced some of the parts on my notepad beside the step I am on so I remember which ones went where, I also got a parts schematics which I will send to you it really helped. I did not have to use any fancy tools or a vice, just about 2 hours, nail (used as a drift pin) to helpp seat the hammer pin back in, and needle nose pliers. I also took several pictures before I started as best I could all inside and out to give myself a reference. The pins are not going to be loose, dont worry about that, but they do remove better from one side to the other just like Army machine guns 240/249 if you have ever messed with one of those. The springs going back in wasnt all that hard, you jsut have to hold several pieces at one time inside the receiver and work the pin back in a little at a time, I think it was right to left for reassembly, but I am not sure, the schematic will tell you, I started like a 6d finish nail through the opposite side to help with lineing everything up as I worked the pin back in. I dissassembled from the back forward, I started with all that small stuff at the back, I am not sure if this was correct as i started without any help, or schematics, so you should be able to follow the schematics and get your project complete. Now if this isnt restoration where you are trying to stay original, then I would recommend duracoating the receiver especially the inside so it stays cleaner, I duracoated the whole shotgun I done for my friend but it was rusted all to crap inside and out, the barrel was really pitted I bet i spent 10 hours just polishing with steel wool on a high speed drill motor in the barrel. Anyway I hope this helps.
Thanks