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Did someone take a tap and thread your takedown pin journal to accept a screw?

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That appears to be the case. However, I have not removed it, for fear that it would not go back if held in place some other way.

You may well be right about fitting. Casper might be able to answer that question, since he bought an original one. Did it fit whatever rifle it was intended for, or did it require fitting? Louis reports that his replacement pin fit perfectly.

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Here's how they fit (images from a Gunauction listing):





Notice how the fit of the pin and the escutcheon plates is rather precise. As replacement pins were available from Steyr, and we are dealing with Pre WW2 Mannlicher Schoenauer craftsmanship, I rather suspect they were all the same dimensions as to length, taper, 'notch'.

For yours, if those escutcheon plates have been buggered to accommodate a screw in place of the proper pin, It's likely you'll have to fabricate new plates with the proper sized holes.

If only it was 1939, a new 'Spring Pin' would cost one dollar from Stoeger (about $17.50 adjusted for inflation), the same as a sight protector. The spring for the pin was another $1.25, new cleaning rods were a whole $3.50: