1894 Remington double question

My son-in-law got one of these at a yard sale—he was taken by the Damascus barrels and thought it would make a nice wall hanger. He got it for $80 because the owner showed him how to take it apart ... and couldn’t get it back together. We both played around with it and we can see how it should work in general—mount the receiver to the barrels, then attach the part that goes under the barrels. But it won’t go quite far enough back to latch in, even when we push the catch at the front. Needless to say, we’re reluctant to force things. SIL said it made a “clicking noise” when taken apart and the owner said “I’ve never heard it do that before...”. Hmmm.

I’ve looked around and didn’t find anything much online. Probably the belief is that anyone who took it apart will know how to put it together. Any hints appreciated.

I did not, but the owner may have. I noticed the firing pins are protruding from the faces of the ... um, I think I ran out of terminology. But they’re protruding.

Great! What do we do to fix it? I am hoping there is a thing we can do...

Thanks. We will try that. Would maybe be worth grinding a little pocket into the face of a punch so it won’t slip off? We can see the pins you refer to.

Just to be sure, here is a photo showing what I think are the pins. Also, you can see the Damascus barrels. Really quite beautiful. I’d never see them before.

Thanks for the suggestion. Block it is. I don’t see how even I can screw this up (famous last words...).

Thanks for the concern—he plans on making a wall-hanger of it. I assume that even though the gun was designed for smokeless powder, 120-year-old Damascus barrels would require expert assessment before firing anything. I’m pretty sure he’s not interested in that sort of investment and as i’ve told him in the past, I’m not interesting in taking over raising his kids if he blows himself up!