Single Shot Restoration/Backpacker.

[Thor12gauge]

It shows a complete lack of experience with shotguns and their use! 500 rounds, most of us will shoot more than that at a weekend shoot! As for us shotgun hunters, guides and backups, how about 1k or more during the fall. When someone puts over my 25,024 in three years in a Beretta semi, he can talk.

Regards,
Henry

PS: I do have a 9 shot Nova that TK used when in Canada and that I use when backing up pheasant shoots when we rent 30 guns!

I didn't say 500 rounds total out of shotguns total. I meant out of a pistol grip.
I also didn't claim to have a crazy amount of experience.
All that I was getting at was that you don't need to fire a pistol grip from the hip, some people actually are able to aim them without having the recoil smack the gun into their face, although I have seen my own cousin do that.

This is why I don't have a high post count, people tend not to be able to read thoroughly, or just miss the point entirely.

 

[Win/64]

Why would the OP call this thread "Single Shot Restoration/Backpacker." What is he restoring?

 

[fat tony]

^####ed up firing pin, loose locking lug.

 

[Win/64]

^f**ked up firing pin, loose locking lug.

Is cutting the barrel and stock part of the "restoration" process?

 

[fat tony]

Is cutting the barrel and stock part of the "restoration" process?

meh.

 

[Gatehouse]

You could drive a Jeep into that firing pin hole. Why is this thread in the "Hunting and Sporting Shotgun" section? Should be here.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=212

It must be Sporting then....

So therefore it should be in the useless gun section.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=212

Why would the OP call this thread "Single Shot Restoration/Backpacker." What is he restoring?

Is cutting the barrel and stock part of the "restoration" process?

You have absolutely nothing to contribute to this thread other than to make yourself look like a whining biatch, so why don't you stop looking at this thread?

 

[Win/64]

You have absolutely nothing to contribute to this thread other than to make yourself look like a whining biatch, so why don't you stop looking at this thread?

Nice of you to come in and say hello.

 

[Winz]

Why do some of you care so much about what others do with their own property? Seriously, there is no need to get righteous about what a particular shotgun should be used for.

 

[fat tony]

I see these types of shotguns gathering dust on the shelves of dealers, why the heck not use it for something useful?

 

[greyman441]

I could have made it a wall hanger or I could fix it and use it. What would you rather see a 90 year old shotgun in excellent working order or all welded up and hung over the fireplace?? The restoration part of this gun is getting it into perfect working order then figure out what I am going to do. I am not 100% sure if I am going to cut it into a back packer yet. I am going to see what it looks like when it is done. I haven't made any cuts to the stock or barrel yet so... its not to far to change my mind.

 

[bosley]

I only paid $40 for this gun so I am not into it a whole lot of money. I could have made it a wall hanger or I could fix it and use it. What would you rather see a 90 year old shotgun in excellent working order or all welded up and hung over the fireplace?? The restoration part of this gun is getting it into perfect working order then figure out what I am going to do. I am not 100% sure if I am going to cut it into a back packer yet. I am going to see what it looks like when it is done. I haven't made any cuts to the stock or barrel yet so... its not to far to change my mind.

I'm looking forward to the pic's of the results no matter which path you take. This s/g was lost until you found it and started your project. I've always thought of these projects as a great way to develop skills and learn what can or can't be done. $40 bucks and your time to learn so much is a pretty good deal in my books. Have fun and good on you

 

[greyman441]

*UPDATE*

I have fixed the firing pin hole and blasted and blued the receiver. I found a hi-resolution mode on my camera so the last pictures are good.

Here is the a taste of what the finished product looks like.

 

[fat tony]

It looks beautiful! Great work! I love the sculptured look of that receiver.

 

[Winz]

I like it. I like it a lot. Some nice work you've done and interesting to see your method of fixing. Much respect.

I think you broke your own link and missed the following pic though.

(pic removed to avoid duplication)

 

[greyman441]

Yes thanks I had a little mess up when I was typing. Thanks for filling it in, I knew there was something missing.

 

[spacesaver]

Greyman, thanks for having the patience to take pics as you work; I've NEVER been able to do that!! Was wondering though, in your last pic, the contour line on the bottom of the reciever doesn't line up. Is this common to really old/well used shotties? Myself I really have no clue. BTW, good on ya for bringin this one back from the almost dead.
Cheers!!

 

[greyman441]

Greyman, thanks for having the patience to take pics as you work; I've NEVER been able to do that!! Was wondering though, in your last pic, the contour line on the bottom of the reciever doesn't line up. Is this common to really old/well used shotties? Myself I really have no clue. BTW, good on ya for bringin this one back from the almost dead.
Cheers!!

No problem, thought this may show CGN'ers what need to be done to bring a shotgun back from the dead. Hopefully It inspires others to do the same. I did a model 12 last week, this now and a cooey 84 probably next week. I am always doing at least one of this sort of thing and I found out how to post pictures last week so there will be more coming on different guns too. The cooey 84 is up next as soon as it arrives. It will be just a resto though. No chopping on that one.
Are you talking about the break action part? If so, I am not sure why it does this. I have looked it over and it is the original gun parts because everything I mean EVERYTHING is marked with the same serial number. 2xx. Only in the 2 hundreds. It matches the gun and lines up on the mount but... I have no idea. Mabye that was a thing back in 1917.

 

[fat tony]

The Army Navy Store on Agricola has one of these worn out shotguns, iirc it was a H&R Topper in 12 gauge. They didn't want to sell it due to the loose lockup.

 

[greyman441]

Thats too bad they wont sell it.Every gun can be fixed. It wouldnt be that hard to fix the lock up. If it is the pin then make a new one. If it is the barrel (like mine) weld some new in and shape it. Mine only took about half a hour to fix. Mine locks up super tight now and I left room for it to wear out again and still be tight.

 

[winnipegger]

Wow, great work man. Too bad Win/64 and some other idiots wrecked the first part of your thread. I like the bluing it looks good not to glossy. I'm getting a free cooey 12ga single shot that i'm going to restore and chop the barrel to 18.5 but the leave the stock intact. I'm also in the middle of restoring a cooey canuck (small single shot .22) its amazing how much a little elbow grease and oil and sandpaper can give a man pride in a gun he wouldnt normally use or care about. I'd like to find a way to blue the gun but i hate glossy "blue" bluing (i know that sounds retarded) but do you have any idea's on what i could use to get a nice matte black finish? (i really dont want to krylon this gun thats too... bubbaish)