I live in Tamworth NH. I have been known to make repairs like these before for free. I am big into dreams, and trying to make them come true for others.
I repaired a side by side because a father gave it to his son, who in turn had his own sons for free. The owner at the time asked how much and i told him. he then said the gun was only of sentimenatal value, which I agreed with, and had hopped it could be repired for far less, so he gave me that gun to keep for parts.
So instead I bought the little stock I needed and made the parts. Tried the gun out long enough to know I would have given it to my son.. Once I was that sure, I went to that mans house and the look on his face was pricless.
Another time at a Rondee Vous which I am big into, a competitive shooter camped near by was looking rather sour. I asked if things were alright, and was told his main spring broke an he was scoring well, and now couldn't finish.
I got his gun and reforge a main spring from his old one in a camp fire right then and there with 2 hammers, one driven into a chopping block. A little file work and it worked. I had been carefull to not mess up the temper in the "V" of the spring.
Another: A buddy of mine doing up a Fusi de Char drilled a hole in his stock, but just a smidgen to low to hit the barrel tab soft soldered to the barrel. His hole made a upside down "u" shape on the tab, and moving the tab, or making a new one would have been trickey in the inless stock, where a ram rod hole is also just below. So I brazed over that tab, which was only soft soldered in the first place, which was a little trick, but it can be done.
This past summer I sponcered a women from New Zealand for a motor bike ride. She was to be here just 3 days. I was to pick her up at logan air port, bring here home. Then after notice get her bike in Manchester NH, bring that here, re-asemble it and let her go. It took 3 weeks for her bike to come.
In the mean time I took her to Acadia National Park on my bike, and we spent a night in a cabin there, leaving my wife home. Also turing NH with her on my bike so her dream could come true.
So it isn't just guns as any dream I can help with counts in my book.
I took my own trip across the USA and helped all sorts of folks out for free. It didn't really cost me anything to do so. I was only feeding the female rider and she tended to chip in with out being asked.
I don't have much money myself, so money means little, but quality of life mean a lot. But then I am a Buck Skinner, and we can be a bit off.
When I find other Buck Skinners and if they want my trade silver, I make it and send it, then if they like it they pay me after the fact, or return my stuff.
So far I haven't had any returned, and have always been paid. I don't undestand the pay first methods which are common now. Who is to say you pay and then never get what ever?
So, these are some things I would have said in PM. In ordfer for this to work, the first thing you did was convince me the gun has a meaning to you, and therfore you have a dream. The next part I can't be sure about, as you have to trust a total stranger. I have some pics on line of me my bikes, my primitive gear, some silver, but mainly it is trust you have to get to do this.
I will even pay the return shipping.. Some say I am Santa Clause Stupid, but that's ok with me.
Another way I can show you who and what I am is tell you to go over to mcusa (hit that in google so you know what you did)
Over there I am MacMac recently so have a low post count. I also am a Mod over there, but chose to step down and the Admin refuses to take my tools.
So more post counts in the thousands are under Mac_Muz. These can be found there from day 1, as well as in stickies, mostly in motoman. You can ask anyone there with a post counts in high hundreds, anything you want about me. CaddmanQ is my self chosen replacement global mod and has been since before that ride across the USA. I met him, hell I stayed with him 18 days in Cal!.. He will tell you I wear my heart on my sleeve..
I met AC Cowboy in Kansas and stayed 3 nights, I met Puppy Indiana and stayed 3 nights. I met 1-K Per Day and stayed 5 nights because my wife became ill in Utah. This gives you something to ask.
Oh yeah I met Lion Lady in Md at her BWM workshop day, where riders with BMW fix things, install fuferaw, and get oil changes done as a group.
They had a little project just for me. LOL They had a 2 cylinder BMW bike that turned by hand went just so far, and locked. You could turn it back and it would lock. My job was to discover why and what the fix was. Well I found a bent valve and 0 compression. Since thewre was no parts I made it run on 1, and showed and explained How To fix it when parts could be had.. Free.
Lion Lady is also a mod I chose long ago. Over there I am one of the so called motoman characters.
Over there both profiles go to the same Flicker picture account as well. You can click the user names and or the house like looking Icon under the names.
Once more the why is you have a dream... I know since I built my EMF from a parts kit that there is no part on your gun I don't know how it works...
What happens next is up to you. I just think you really embraced that gun and woould prefer it to work, whether or not you can buy 40 more guns just like it as made new today... Pretty simple to for me to see that is true. mac
Here is the link to my flicker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mac_muz15/sets
Way lower left is "1 Fun Stuff of works" where one of the pics in that album shows that 1860 army, with other items I made... all of them.