I'm certainly not ungrateful! It's a neat old single shot, been in the family since the late 30"s I would guess. I'm just trying to breath some new life into it. I am concerned why the forend won't lock when the Hornet barrel is installed. i found a 30-30 barrel at an online auction we'll see if the forend will be an issue on it.
The quality of a "cheap" gun from the thirties compared to firearms made today amazing, and rather sad.

OZ