Thank's to all, for the words of encouragement. So far this project has been fun and the parts are not just sitting in a box . If anything they are all in one place now. If there is some time for the project between Grandson's baseball games this wknd. Will get started on the magazine plug and follower. Had two pieces of original 1876 magazine tube , soldered them together for this project , instead of using the remanufactured tube that has been pictured. Yep I'm a bit that way! ,,, Y'all have a fine wknd. ,,,DT