drill and tap on my reciever?

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I have a 400G mossberg shotgun that I would like to have the reciever drilled and tapped for a scope. I was just going to use the "no smithing saddle mounts" but after a quick search I think I would be happier with a drill and tap job. I did a quick search for a gun smith in the London ontario area but didn't find what I was looking for. Any suggestions? I was going to call Gobels here in london but I haven't had much success with them for smithing in the past. I got the gun back in the origional state and was told "it works fine". It didn't. It was a jamming 870 express. I wouldn't trust them with power tools around any of my firearms.

Chev.
 
The 400 has a rather thin aluminum receiver. Don't know if drilling and tapping is a good idea or not.
You could phone a large shop, like Epps, and ask about the advisability of d&t on this receiver.
Sometimes do it yourself jobs wind up with an interesting variety of holes that may or may not be closely related to each other.
 
oh ic. Well that is something I will have to look into! Thats why I love this site! Thanx for the heads up. I'm slowly piecing my new shotgun together. Like all projects it's gonna cost me alot more than I first though :( Oh well I'm hoping it will all workout in the end.

On a side note if it turns out I can't drill and tap anyother options for mounting a scope onto this gun? IF I went with a reddot I could use the Burris speed bead. Any good/bad reviews on these?

chev.
 
I have drilled and tapped a 400/500 before and have found that if it's done with 8-40 screws and a new tap, the holes are fine. Like it's been said, there isn't much meat on the top of the receiver, so remember that it wasn't designed for scope use.
 
I just bought a saddle mount for her from a fellow member in exchange forum. I will see how it works out. It's only going to be used for turkeys so if it ends up floating 1-2" off at 50 yards that not a huge deal.

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