It was bound to happen...

[NDArmyGuyret]

Hello all!
1st year under my belt as a noobie gunsmith thanks to AGI and everything is going well....That is until I got a phone call today from a guy who was wondering if I could put his lever action 22 back together. I said 'Sure, no problem' and the waited for the guy to show up. He handed me pieces of what looked like a nice rifle...A Stoeger Uberti Model 19605 Scout rifle. 22LR. Brand new with only 200 rounds down the tube! I have all the parts (pretty sure) but don't know in what order they go together. No schematics to be found or re assembly info to be found anywhere. I know this thing is fairly new to the market.. Is there a similiar rifle? Anyone able to advise? Thanks in advance!

 

[243winxb]

http://www.taylorsfirearms.com/manuals-instructions Link bottom right.

 

[NDArmyGuyret]

http://www.taylorsfirearms.com/manuals-instructions Link bottom right.View attachment 233699
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Thanks for your help! By golly, I had everything right, but to get that mainspring in place.....

 

[243winxb]

Reminds me of a Marlin 30-30 that came in, with all the parts in a bag.

The hunter said the gun jammed loading the 2nd shot, cutting the cartridge in half.

He took the rifle apart to clean it, but could not get it back together right.

The lever was bent from cutting the cartridge. As it controls headspace, gun had to go back to Marlin.

The first shot killed the deer.

 

[bikerdoc]

That is what I love about this forum.

Good people helping good people.

Bless you both.

 

[NDArmyGuyret]

OK. Got everything figured out as to where parts go, etc. But, for the life of me, I cannot get the mainspring back into place, so far, a few cuts on the knuckles and no luck. The mainspring appears to me to be much larger and stronger than it needs to be. I can't even think it can compress to the full cock position of the hammer. Any ideas here...?

 

[243winxb]

I can only guess, not having it in front of me.

Get or make a tool or find a method to compress and retain the spring to install it.
It will take 25 to 30 pounds to compress it, my guess.

Brownells has a main spring compression tool for hand guns.
Check Youtube for ideas.

Sorry, not much help.

 

[NDArmyGuyret]

I can only guess, not having it in front of me.

Get or make a tool or find a method to compress and retain the spring to install it.
It will take 25 to 30 pounds to compress it, my guess.

Brownells has a main spring compression tool for hand guns.
Check Youtube for ideas.

Sorry, not much help.

Hopefully, that will point me in the right direction! God, I love this stuff! LOL! Thanks!

 

[a5werkes]

Here are a few examples of simple compression clamps I have modified for such tasks. The variations are endless.

Here a similar styled clamp is controlling a carrier latch and its spring for simple and accurate installation of the retaining roll pin.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Nice pictorial tutorial a5werkes.

 

[a5werkes]

These style clamps are also inexpensive and are easily shaped; here is one used to secure the leaf springs while the sear-ejector group is installed for a Sig 238; it makes a difficult task easy and controlled.

Here I modified a $5 crescent wrench to install the breech block assembly in a M&P22; the extractor has typical expansion spring that favors pushing all the parts out of the side of the breech block while you have to turn the slide upside down and align the bosses of the block into the corresponding slide reliefs; by the time all those maneuvers are done, the extractor has fallen out and you have to start all over again. Started off using just a small tie wrap that actually works quite well; however the modified wrench is much slicker and has other applications as well.

 

[entropy]

Be glad it wasn't a Mossberg 472.

 

[MI2600]

Or a Winchester 190!

 

[Jim K]

Just because a part is in a box or a bag with gun parts does not mean the parts are all from the same gun, or even that they are all gun parts.

Jim

 

[boom boom]

You can also find a lot of jewelers tools such as small hand and pin vices on websites such as ebay.