I've been thinking of bringing new life to my old 1960s wingmaster, which keep in mind didn't cost me a cent as of today, it currently has a 30'' bead sight blued fixed full choke barrel. As I understand it, this makes it useless for modern day steel waterfowling, which it was initially designed to do. I'm still having fun with this barrel using it for trap as a newbie. I shot 19/25 the other day and it was my 2nd try. I'm no expert, but I suspect its a decent start and worth continuing using this barrel leaving it unchanged for the time being.
Now I'm also fond of both upland game hunting AND tactical shotguns. I'm tinkering with the idea of transforming my old wingmaster into a compromise between the two. I've come up with 3 concepts, all of which involve buying a 21'' vent rib turkey EXPRESS barrel which takes modern day rem-chokes and matching it with my old blued wingmaster receiver...The barrel costs roughly 250$ with tax, and a mag extension roughly an extra 50$. Do people have experience/opinions on this type of project?
I photoshopped three concept images of what the gun might turn out looking like contrasting the difference between the wingmaster receiver finish and the express barrel/mag extension finish...is this considered an esthetic taboo or rather a practical and cheap solution to bringing new life to an old gun? The two last images are meant to contrast the difference between a 7 shot extension tube and 8 shot tube on a 21'' vent ribbed barrel.
Keep in mind, that in any event I would almost always hunt with it with the mag extension deleted from the firearm.
Now I'm also fond of both upland game hunting AND tactical shotguns. I'm tinkering with the idea of transforming my old wingmaster into a compromise between the two. I've come up with 3 concepts, all of which involve buying a 21'' vent rib turkey EXPRESS barrel which takes modern day rem-chokes and matching it with my old blued wingmaster receiver...The barrel costs roughly 250$ with tax, and a mag extension roughly an extra 50$. Do people have experience/opinions on this type of project?
I photoshopped three concept images of what the gun might turn out looking like contrasting the difference between the wingmaster receiver finish and the express barrel/mag extension finish...is this considered an esthetic taboo or rather a practical and cheap solution to bringing new life to an old gun? The two last images are meant to contrast the difference between a 7 shot extension tube and 8 shot tube on a 21'' vent ribbed barrel.
Keep in mind, that in any event I would almost always hunt with it with the mag extension deleted from the firearm.
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