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Scrubjay

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Hey y'all! I'm JB from the San Francisco Bay Area :)

So, a while back while living on the Central Coast of California (between SF and LA) I found a Tobin Arms SXS-shotgun from Woodstock, Ont. I didn't realize how messed up this poor gun was--YIKES! The stock was shattered in the usual place as well as a separated rib, dented barrel and lose lug? for the fore-end, sigh. I'm chalking it up to learning gun-smithing.





I've reconstructed the stock with epoxy and camouflaged the mend with paint. Now that I researched what needs to be done to make it safer, I'm going to refinish it again and build up areas that have some big gaps. I'm having a friend make me some new firing-pins too...

I also NOW KNOW/UNDERSTAND it's a black powder-gun :oops:

The SS# 19365: when was this made? Is this a Crandell-gun, or a real Tobin? It doesn't have the cut-out on the bottom of the receiver. All the numbers match though and everything else is super-tight fitting :cool:

Here I am with my J.C. Higgins 101.1 from 1952 in a Woolrich suit, looking like Elmer Fudd:



J.C. Higgins duck-suit:



Thanks,

JB
 
Welcome to Nutz from SEOntario. Ive read about Tobin arms many years ago. Very interesting story and great that your giving the gun a new lease on life. If you can get some fine sawdust to mix with the epoxy it sometimes makes the colour blend a little better. Great period pics and be carfuwll hunting those willee wahbitz. Cheers Chris
 
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