I finally got all the parts together to assemble my 1942 Remington 03 s/n 3225014 which is an 03 with the milled magazine/trigger guard not an 03A3. All went pretty well until I got to assembling the magazine catch. I have been trying to insert the pin through the trigger guard and catch with the spring in place but just cant get the hole in the catch to line up and allow the pin to slide in. I did check the pin and it fits both the trigger guard and the catch and it will slide in so the problem has to be alignment. I don't see any way to insert the spring after assembling everything else so I am wondering if there is a trick I don't know. If all else fails I'll grind a taper on a piece of drill rod to use as a drift but I thought I'd ask if there is a trick that I don't know. Any suggestions very welcome.
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