Just picked up my first Wilton Bullet vise off craigslist, it's a 4.5", date stamp is 173. Doing a teardown for cleaning and light restoration. I got the jaws off fairly easily (2 of 4 screws were badly bent) but noticed that where there should be a hole for the center pin on both jaws there is nothing, almost like the pins were cut off and the jaws were surfaced... photos are before and after buffing with a scotch bright pad. Both jaw pads that came with the vise appear to be original and can accept the center face pin. I couldn't find any posts where the hole for the center pin was missing, is this normal?
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