My Broken Shotgun...Tips?

Pardon my ignorance.... Your shotgun is f@*ked. Seeing as how you got it for a ridiculous cheap price and any repairs would cost more than the purchase price I say pitch it and buy another one. Preferrably one that wasn't used as a pick axe then left in the back alley to rot away..

TDC
 
TDC said:
Pardon my ignorance.... Your shotgun is f@*ked. Seeing as how you got it for a ridiculous cheap price and any repairs would cost more than the purchase price I say pitch it and buy another one. Preferrably one that wasn't used as a pick axe then left in the back alley to rot away..

TDC
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You should spend more time in the milsurp forum. I've seen much worse guns end up much nicer.
 
Milsurps have some historical value. A shotgun manufactured for Sears is not a history piece. Not to mention the great purchase price of $20. Just putting ammo through her adds value.

TDC
 
TDC said:
Milsurps have some historical value. A shotgun manufactured for Sears is not a history piece. Not to mention the great purchase price of $20. Just putting ammo through her adds value.

TDC
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Well ... technically Sears <is> a significant part of Canadian heritage ...
 
Splitting hairs here but Sears sold guns but didn't make any . This one in particular was made by H & R ARMS CO. LTD. , DRUMMONDVILLE CANADA. A little bit of Canadian gun making history, when various gun companies actually had factories in Canada. I would fix it up as a project, limiting the expense to a small amount. I still would keep looking for a similar gun to make one nice gun out of two.
 
BEARMAN said:
Splitting hairs here but Sears sold guns but didn't make any . This one in particular was made by H & R ARMS CO. LTD. , DRUMMONDVILLE CANADA. A little bit of Canadian gun making history, when various gun companies actually had factories in Canada. I would fix it up as a project, limiting the expense to a small amount. I still would keep looking for a similar gun to make one nice gun out of two.
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Sounds like a lot of expense and work. This is a lot easier, and a lot more practical.

This isn't a G43 here...it's a friggin' Sears special shotgun.
 
I am well aware that Sears did not manufacture firearms. They did however sell such shotguns under their name of Sears Roebuck. The manufacture of such firearms in Canada does not make it a "historical" piece. If this were a Winchester 1897 trench gun then I would be restoring it. As this is not the case, I still recommend pitching it and starting over.

Shotguns in my opinion should never be offered in bolt action. The advantage of bolt action firearms is accuracy and reliability. Seeing as how a shotgun even with slugs is no precision firearm and the reliability of pump shotguns is on par with bolt action rifles. I see no benefit to the shooter with a bolt action shotgun. The benfit is to the manufacturer in that they are more cost effective to produce. On that same note a rifle offered in a break action is just plain weird. break action is more akin to shotguns not rifles.

Maybe I'm way off base, but it does strike me funny to see a shotgun that is bolt action with a tubular magazine. I have an old Mossberg 20 ga that is bolt action with a box magazine, ported with an adjustable muzzle choke. Talk about an imbred shotgun!

TDC
 
TDC said:
Maybe I'm way off base, but it does strike me funny to see a shotgun that is bolt action with a tubular magazine. I have an old Mossberg 20 ga that is bolt action with a box magazine, ported with an adjustable muzzle choke. Talk about an imbred shotgun!

TDC
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Yah but I bet it works great, and handles nice.
Oscar F. Mossberg built stuff the way he did for a reason. :)

http://home.epix.net/~damguy/index-shotgun.html
 
It works well enough. It is a bolt action, not a lot to go wrong. However you bolt does occassionaly fail to properly feed if you cycle the action too fast.

TDC
 
ok here we go............un do all the screws and any other metalic parts and put them into your spare junk box......use the stock come winter to heat the house............save your money buying paint ect buy a rem 870:D
 
Looks like it works fine to me. :rockOn:

Pretty her up abit, and take her grouse hunting.

BTW I assume you had earplugs on, also add some safety glasses. :D

Also I'd go easier on that bolt.
 
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I'll never go easy on any bolt action! Unless it was an all matching collectable. This is not collectable.

I wore eye protection for some short range shotgun shooting. I deemd it necessary. For these videos...it was not necessary. Earplugs were in. Look closer you lazy bum!
 
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