STOCK REMOVAL NAVY ARMS 1886 YELLOW BOY PROBLEM ?????

[zermatt7]

HI,  Need some help figuring this out 

I need to remove the rear butt stock from a Navy Arms 1886 Yellow Boy Lever Action Rifle  "Winchester Copy"

the problems are...it wont come off

I think this is because the upper and lower rear brass back strap screw mounting holes have been counter sunk into the wood !

And I dont want to drill them ou, and bending them up doesnt look like a good idea either...I need to get the butt stock of to refinish it and also to clean out the trigeer part of the action.

Also the post or pin on the bottom strap that the lever pushhes in also seems to be in the way !

since a picture is worth a thousand words, see below

any help is greatly appreciated !

[gunnut69]

I've had the pleasure of taking down that particular rifle model but coundter sinking a sscrew such as you've shown won't create a problem most often.. You have removed the wood screw at the very rear of the bottom tang I assume as well as the tang screw which comes down from the top tang. If those are out a bump with a rubber hammer(you might tape the nose of the comb first) on the nose of the stock should shake it loose. They can be tight..

[zermatt7]

Gunut...

thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for... ...I'll let you know how it turns out !

Eric