yep...i get myself into situations like that often.......im always taking stuff apart........thats why i WANT to become a mechanical engineer........and am in college for that right now.....typing from my dorm actually.....i know i need to cool down and forget about it for a while.....then sit down and think it out and fix it later.........i took my WHOLE lock apart to my flintlock a few days before i left for college........i was smart and drew a detailed drawing of it first......took it completly apart(im anal and wanted to clean it all for once......and poilish and oil a few contact pieces and the spring real good.......)...i had major trouble getting a few parts to all line up and fall in place.....fought for a while....then put it down and took a break.....looked at it.....and it all went back together easily after i thought it out.....i went shooting today....and after cleaning i wanted to see if the touchhole liner would come out....it wouldnt.....but i didnt strip it trying to hard.....so this spring when i dont need the gun ill send the barrel to TC and see what they say......along with a few stripped and cracked touchhole liners i think i have saved somewhere...thanks for the encouraging words guys....i guess its a GUY thing...how we get frustrated and have no patience sometimes............i know how i get and try not to ruin or break anything...and try to take a break before i do.....