Model 12 Forend Cap Wrench UPDATE Made Tool that cost 2 Pennies Literally Success!

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Finally took off my beat to s**t stock on the old model 12.
Stripped it and refinished with BLO. Looks amazing. Turned out well enough that I want to do the slide/pump now.

The screw cap that holds the pump/slide on the assembly uses a specific "model 12 forend wrench" that brownells sells for like $35 US plus tax plus int. shipping!

Is there any other alternative?
I don't want to muck it up. Parts are expensive for these old war horses.
Has anyone had any success with an easily fabricated home tool or knows of a slick way to get the cap unscrewed without dumping huge dollars on a simple little piece of steel?
 
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Separate the slide assembly and magtube from the barrel. It is fairly easy to re finish the wood while it is still on the gun. Often older models 12 ( like they all are) have somewhat shrunken fore end wood and it is very hard to remove the wood from the slide tube without damaging it.

Darryl
 
Alright.
So update, I got it off easily!
I made the tool myself. I used a piece of scrap pine. Drilling a 1 1/8" hole through it. Cut two thin slots on either side of the hole on one side using a dremel and disk cutter.
Then using two pennies I used the dremel again to cut one edge on both pennies into right angles.
Hammered those into the slots I cut in the wood. The pennies are the exact thickness of the slots in the screw cap!
Dropped the tool over the magazine tube, lined up the pennies into the slots in the cap, gave her a good twist and BAM! off comes the screw cap with ease.
The wood slide right off. I just WD40'ed the tube to get some lube between the wood and metal. Squeezed the wood by hand to break any grime that was sticking it to the tube.
I wrapped the action bar in thick cloth, put it in the bench vice carefully and gave the wood a little twist and pulled, it came right off!
Can't wait to get this thing stripped down. Just throwing it out there as it really wasn't that hard or terrifying at all.
 
I stripped the handle already.
It's almost dry now. Almost got it right down to bare wood. Should sand up and smooth out nicely.
A few really deep oil/grime streaks that just wouldn't lift unfortunately. Pretty much as expected for a 60+ year old heavily used field gun. Bonus was no cracks! Unlike the stock which required some spreading, acetone, gluing and clamping.
If it turns out as good as the stock did, I may need to get the old whore reblued to bring it back to prime lol
 
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