I've been working on this old gun project
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 2:02 pm
About 10 years ago (maybe more), I was given this old shotgun. Well, most of a shotgun. Or, what's left of it anyway.
It was found in the trunk of an old 1963 Rembler that someone was about to junk out, so my buddy bill grabbed the gun and later gave it to me.
The old gun had a stock cracked entirely in two all the way back behind the trigger to where the handguard is.
Was missing the bolt stop screw, an extractor, extractor plunger, extractor spring entirely, the other side had a broken extractor.
Later, found out that I needed to replace the magazine spring, had to redo the front sight bead with a larger one. I ended up making a barrel band around the front to help take some of the force off of the old broken stock until (if) I can find a replacement for it.
The gun had an orange peel layer or surface rust which cleaned up really well with some sandpaper and a nice dark coat of birchwood casey cold blue.
It was found in the trunk of an old 1963 Rembler that someone was about to junk out, so my buddy bill grabbed the gun and later gave it to me.
The old gun had a stock cracked entirely in two all the way back behind the trigger to where the handguard is.
Was missing the bolt stop screw, an extractor, extractor plunger, extractor spring entirely, the other side had a broken extractor.
Later, found out that I needed to replace the magazine spring, had to redo the front sight bead with a larger one. I ended up making a barrel band around the front to help take some of the force off of the old broken stock until (if) I can find a replacement for it.
The gun had an orange peel layer or surface rust which cleaned up really well with some sandpaper and a nice dark coat of birchwood casey cold blue.