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My best advice. Consider taking to a store front gunsmith.
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You might be surprised at the lack of experience, most GunSmiths have when they encounter a sidelock. The first thing they want to do, is unthread the breech-plug, when in reality, it should be your last option I have had two calls from Smith/Dealers, on problems like this and to date, I have only removed "one" breech-plug and that was on a fairly new barrel. I have seen too many bad results of botched attempts at removing a breech-plug. I recall a CVA-Bobcat whose hooked breech that I call a nub, twisted right off and no longer able to seat into the tang. .....
Folks, it's a crap-shoot on removing sidelock breech-plugs and even some MML's can be a challenge. Even if you are lucky enough to remove one, you will still mar the metal, to a certain degree. .....
Be Safe !!!