This fore-end, which gun is it for?

[easy]

Can anyone tell me which shotgun this fore-end is for?

Kind Regards.

 

[12magnum]

looks like it could be off a Noble model 60ACP ?? i dunno!!

 

[madtrapper143]

It is off of a 870 AP grade 12 gauge shotgun from about 1959 to 1961. Nice shape.
cheers Darryl

 

[easy]

Wow, thanks a lot guys.

It doesn't seem to fit the 870 fore-end tube assy.

Thanks again.

 

[Grouse Man]

It LOOKS like ones found on the Ithaca 37, Mossbergs maybe, can't say for sure.

 

[easy]

I certainly does look an awful lot like the 870 AP grade models.

Could it be that the 870 AP had a different sized fore-end tube assembly?

 

[Farmboy]

It's different from my Ithaca 37. It only has a cutout on one end.

 

[madtrapper143]

They fit tight sometimes a little Hoppes grease on the tube will allow it to slide on. Sometimes the wood shrinks a little if the firened has been off of a gun for a long time. I have alot split while removing or installing onto the foreend tube. The gauge decides the size. 16's and 20's were smaller. Yours is stamped 12 so it is a 12 gauge.

cheers Darryl

 

[easy]

I'll definately try it again. I don't like to force things. I'll get a bigger hammer this time.

Cheers.

 

[badboybeeson]

if its allmost fits the 870 then it could be off of the S&W 3000, but it looks to old to be from the s&w 3000

 

[12magnum]

i have a 1948 ithaca 37 and it's different than the one shown, but then again it could have changed somewhere along the way. my corncob pump tapers before it fits into the collar.

 

[easy]

Hey, I made it fit. A little grease helped. Thanks for your idea Darryl.
I was afraid to break it, I guess, The fore-end part directly under the barrel is very thin.

I took some photos ... sorry I was too lazy to dig up a barrel for this one. But it's shown with BadBoyBeeson's sling thing.

Overall, I kind of like it. I'm excited to try it out in the field. Wonder how it handles under fast cycling conditions. I like the thin and light look of it. Now I have to find a matching Buttstock. I like wood.

 

[madtrapper143]

Good news. The old Hoppes grease trick has saved my a__ on several occasions.

Darryl