Hello MikeRowe,
Hello StephenCoker,

Well, since we were in the midst of a Blizzard with 14+ inches of snow and 50 MPH wind gusts, I had time to do a lot of thinking.

And, since you guys kind-of talked me into it .... here is how it went.

I used a greased "seam splitter" sewing tool to carefully "circle" the recoil pad plugs. Would you believe they were "glued" in. Fortunately the old glue was brittle, and flaked away as I circled each plug. I was so careful I almost passed out "twice" from holding my breath. Luckily the pad was not glued on, and came right off.

I could feel a little wiggle in the draw bolt, and could tighten it 1/2 turn. I removed it, measured the threads, .040 each, and placed a .020 copper washer under the head and re-installed it. While I was in the works, which were all 24K Gold plated by the way, I used a high pressure grease on the pressure points of the trigger parts.

After all was re-assembled, it looked like I had never been inside. This undertaking went 100% perfect! With the sears slicked up, the trigger pulls are now a very smooth 6 & 7 pounds.