Well I had already decided that the buttstock on mine was too long for me, so I took the opportunity to strip the entire gun this morning to get the buttstock off and ready for shortening.
Firstly the buttpad is a hollow design, with a rubber layer around the core material. This means if you want to shorten the stock you can't go to far before the stock pad is useless (same as some remmies). Since I plan on taking off an inch or two, it means a new buttpad most likely (steel I should think)
Getting the stock off is a little more involved than an 870, but it does come off eventually. The pile of washers on the bolt struck me as interesting, no lockwasher in there, so I will throw one in.
Everything else comes apart easily with a few odd observations along the way.
Safety - The guide screw on mine was not in straight, and was finger loose, I removed it, cleaned it and reassembled it. It works like a charm, if for some reason someone wanted a safety on a hammer gun, I am honestly debating removing it and welding the hole up. I would suggest loctiting that screw in.
Latch Pivot screw - was loose, not screwed all the way in. I decided to yank everything apart as a result and get all of the packing oil out of the metal. A little locktite when I reassemble I think.
Oh yeah, that spring, in a total brainfart I forgot they are compressed
Actually they are easy to remove and replace, and there was a bucket of oil in there.
Firing pin nuts - were finger tight, so I yanked those out as well. Two small metal rings came out, I would have said they were a shaving, but there was one under each nut?? Anyone else find these, are they intended as washers?
The firing pins are nice, I mean so simple, you can make your own with ease.
Had a couple of small burrs on the hammer faces, not really noticable, but they were there, and my left hammer had hit the reciever just up from the firing pin nut, dinging it, so I took a diamond file to that area, and now everything is hunky-dory.
Now to figure out how I am gonna mount a bayonet to it, like RobAK is doing to his
Firstly the buttpad is a hollow design, with a rubber layer around the core material. This means if you want to shorten the stock you can't go to far before the stock pad is useless (same as some remmies). Since I plan on taking off an inch or two, it means a new buttpad most likely (steel I should think)
Getting the stock off is a little more involved than an 870, but it does come off eventually. The pile of washers on the bolt struck me as interesting, no lockwasher in there, so I will throw one in.
Everything else comes apart easily with a few odd observations along the way.
Safety - The guide screw on mine was not in straight, and was finger loose, I removed it, cleaned it and reassembled it. It works like a charm, if for some reason someone wanted a safety on a hammer gun, I am honestly debating removing it and welding the hole up. I would suggest loctiting that screw in.
Latch Pivot screw - was loose, not screwed all the way in. I decided to yank everything apart as a result and get all of the packing oil out of the metal. A little locktite when I reassemble I think.
Oh yeah, that spring, in a total brainfart I forgot they are compressed
Actually they are easy to remove and replace, and there was a bucket of oil in there.Firing pin nuts - were finger tight, so I yanked those out as well. Two small metal rings came out, I would have said they were a shaving, but there was one under each nut?? Anyone else find these, are they intended as washers?
The firing pins are nice, I mean so simple, you can make your own with ease.
Had a couple of small burrs on the hammer faces, not really noticable, but they were there, and my left hammer had hit the reciever just up from the firing pin nut, dinging it, so I took a diamond file to that area, and now everything is hunky-dory.
Now to figure out how I am gonna mount a bayonet to it, like RobAK is doing to his
