Single Shot Restoration/Backpacker.

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greyman441

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I acquired this old 12gauge N.R Davis and Sons "DIANA" today on a trade. The gun has seen better days. It needs some work but I am willing to take on the challenge. It doesn't lock up very tight (im going to fix) and someone dry fired it ones and broke a piece off the receiver (going to fix too). I have checked on the price of these guns and in excellent condition its only worth $100. I have wanted to make a backpacker and this seems like a pretty good candidate. My plan is to glass bead the hole gun. Receiver, barrel and trigger mech. Re-blue the hole gun and chop the barrel off to 20 inches. (Shortest I can go without going passed legal limit)

I am going to keep updating the thread as it progresses.

Take a look.

See someone named Bubba fitted the stock

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This here is it all tore down and the stock stripped. The gun was FILTHY. Piles of dirt and grease.

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Thats a nice project gun, but the shortest you can cut a barrel down on a non-restricted is 18 inches, unless you're going to make it a pistol grip than the barrel length might need to be longer to keep the OAL at no less than 26".

good luck, looks like it will be fun.
 
I'm not sure how you are going to fix the enlarged firing pin hole. I suppose it would depend on how much effect it has on firing pin protrusion.

Do you have the ability to do a re-blue or are you getting someone else to do it? That might be expensive.

If it is going to be a backpack gun, wouldn't parkerizing or even simple BBQ paint be an easy option?

Hmm 441? You a MatTech I guess?
 
The firing pins can still rest where it should be. The plan is to shape the end of a brass rod exactly like the firing pin. In order to get proper penetration, I will need to remove the sharp edges from the damaged area. With the brass rod in place I can weld fill in the hole with weld. Once the hole is welded in all I will have to do is clean up the face because the brass rod will keep the weld metal out of the firing pin hole....... if everything goes according to plan...
My son and I have been experimenting with different types of blueing and he gets a bit of Blackfast 181 for a coworker that works great.
Mattech... who me??? ;)
I will be sure to post our results as we go along..... might interest a few of you CGNs
 
Yep, all these singles getting chopped has me contemplating whether I should give it a go on one of mine.

In truth, I'm mostly an 870 type guy for the majority of my shotgun needs. Singles make for nice and light but I don't shoot them enough.

Perhaps chopping either an old Cooey or an old Baikal might make for a decent backpacker.
 
If you do not cut the stock to a retard pistol grip then yes it could be used as a hunting firearm, but you mentioned cutting the stock so therefore it is a useless gun.

I can just see it now all you guys with your "bubba backpacker's" lined up in a row hunting by shooting from the hip and all of you saying "####" what a useless gun.
 
Winchested said:
If you do not cut the stock to a retard pistol grip then yes it could be used as a hunting firearm, but you mentioned cutting the stock so therefore it is a useless gun.

I can just see it now all you guys with your "bubba backpacker's" lined up in a row hunting by shooting from the hip and all of you saying "s**t" what a useless gun.
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So therefore it should be in the useless gun section.

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Winchested said:
If you do not cut the stock to a retard pistol grip then yes it could be used as a hunting firearm, but you mentioned cutting the stock so therefore it is a useless gun.

I can just see it now all you guys with your "bubba backpacker's" lined up in a row hunting by shooting from the hip and all of you saying "s**t" what a useless gun.
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While I understand that having a stock on a shotgun is way more useful, and I no longer own a pistol grip, I have shot about 500 rounds ranging from target loads to slugs through a pistol grip and only about 5 were taken from the hip. It is obviously not the best way to hunt, but it can work in certain situations for some people.
 
instead of making a brass firing pin (might it melt? :confused:) you could possibly just fill the hole completely with weld, dress it off flush on either side, then make a very hard steel prick punch machined up and sleeve it in the chamber. Then get another long rod and tap it on the breech face with the action closed, then strip it all again, set it up in a good drill press and drill the firing pin hole again. Of course, you would need some lathe time to make up the sleeve and punch. How are you going to tighten up the axis pin/barrel lug fit? :confused: I always wondered how they did that. happy new year. :)
 
It shows a complete lack of experience with shotguns and their use! 500 rounds, most of us will shoot more than that at a weekend shoot! As for us shotgun hunters, guides and backups, how about 1k or more during the fall. When someone puts over my 25,024 in three years in a Beretta semi, he can talk.

Regards,
Henry;)

PS: I do have a 9 shot Nova that TK used when in Canada and that I use when backing up pheasant shoots when we rent 30 guns!w:h:
 
Winchested said:
If you do not cut the stock to a retard pistol grip then yes it could be used as a hunting firearm, but you mentioned cutting the stock so therefore it is a useless gun.

I can just see it now all you guys with your "bubba backpacker's" lined up in a row hunting by shooting from the hip and all of you saying "s**t" what a useless gun.
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I plan on making a removable "skeleton" butt stock that mounts to the back of the pistol grip in case I need to use it as a "normal" shotgun.

fat tony said:
instead of making a brass firing pin (might it melt? :confused:) you could possibly just fill the hole completely with weld, dress it off flush on either side, then make a very hard steel prick punch machined up and sleeve it in the chamber. Then get another long rod and tap it on the breech face with the action closed, then strip it all again, set it up in a good drill press and drill the firing pin hole again. Of course, you would need some lathe time to make up the sleeve and punch. How are you going to tighten up the axis pin/barrel lug fit? :confused: I always wondered how they did that. happy new year. :)
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I know the brass wont melt(in this case) I am just spotting the hole in around the brass. I am going to be using a mig welder with .030 wire not .055. With just spotting it in wont create enough heat to do any more damage.


On this gun the pin wasn't worn out. It was the barrel lock (as seen in pics) The way I repaired the lock was, I spot welded along the edge of the lock and used a file to get it back into place. Then I took a piece of plastic and set it on fire and let it smoke the end of the barrel until it turned black. Then I set the barrel in the receiver and closed the action. Then I took it out and where the soot was rubbed off was where the high spot was on the weld. I used a file to get it back into place and repeated until a snug fit.

*UPDATE*

I fixed the barrel lock as described ^^^ and I bead blasted the trigger mech, for stock lock and I had the blaster running so I blasted the receiver while I was at it. I pulled the extractor out because the spring was weak so I am going to get a new one tomorrow.

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I am going to blue the trigger mech and forstock lock here in a few minutes so more pictures will be up later tonight of the finished trigger mech.
 
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