I got the wonderful Real Avid screwdriver set. I very gently took out the engraved screws. #1 is short, #2 goes all the way though. #3 is too shallow head to even try. I suppose that #2 could hold the two sidelocks together. BUT I was too nervous to proceed. I have taken off sidelocks in my flintlock weapons, but this firearm (Pictures) scares me. Could I take off one and have it go "SPROING!"
So I very gently replaced the engraved screws as they were. I had not read Sable Tireaur's post about "TURN SCREWS" (I would not have done so) but all is well. I know a gunsmith nearby and he can look at it in about a week. If he does not feel comfortable I am also reaching out to friends in the "German Collector Gun Association" for the right guy.
Here is the auction definition
"E. VERATSCHNIG.9173.AUSTRIA" marked on the sunken portion of the rib, fixed gold centerlined rear sight and German style claw mounts holding a Zeiss Diavari-C 1.5-4.5x18mm scope in engraved rings on the engraved rear quarter rib, import mark under forend, wedges of scroll at either breech, 1990 dated Austrian proofs, and chambers with automatic ejectors