470R,

Thank you for your most interesting explanation.

All you molly-dookers out there take note!

By the way, there is a sharp looking Rigby of this underlever type action that I have been eyeballing on Champlin's website for some time:

Link to Rigby DR

Also a second page of pics:

Rigby second page

The ad gives a good look at this elegant old rendering by Rigby. This one does not have the interesting safety slide.

Best,
CptCurl