Got the block off and discovered that the rear does seem to have plenty of unused (untapped even!) bore that ought to help line things up. I'm hoping that it will loosen, but that never seems to work out w/ aircraft parts!

Dab nag stinkin' screw portion that came out is really pretty hard- much more than it ought to be. I'll try and check it on a Rockwell hardness tester in a few days when I see the fellow that has one.

Thanks for the offer of a new block, but if this operation doesn't work there's another that I pulled from an incomplete Long Branch that has a 1955 Faz. bbl. assembly.

Do the block retaining pin holes line up from rifle to rifle, generally? They sure DON'T on M-16s!

BTW I think this is the first part I've broken on a L-E variant! Must not be trying hard enough...
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