How many on here have ever started with what appeared to be a wall hanger/ basket case, or otherwise non shooter and restored it to shootable condition. I've always thought that as long as the barrel is good any can be saved, even if the stock and everything else gets replaced. Even barrels with "bad" breeches can be shortened and replugged, right? Whether it's worth investing the money and time is the question. I've passed on some interesting guns that I would buy now if they were available. The last one was a $50 obo double barreled shotgun that I should have bought even if the barrels needed to be sleeved.
Restore a wall hanger
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I've brought several original shotguns back to life and I'm working on an old chunk gun right now that's got a 47 inch .36 barrel that's pretty much unusable so I'm having Bobby Hoyt rebore it to .40. There are a few lock parts I'll have to replace and it will be good to go. I only do these things on original guns, not reproductions.
The shotguns or the chunk gun?
Look in the builders section. I restored my 1861 Bridesberg to shooting condition. The thread is called "1861 Bridesberg Resurrection" this was a pretty thorough restoration. Lock, stock and barrel! Hope it helps.
Neil
Both! Please.
It's a little late for me to do that today and I'll be deer hunting in the morning but I will do it for you later tomorrow.
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Neighbor has a shotgun his great grandfather carried in the civil war. The barrel was just rusted off to a nub. I was asked to dress it for a wall hanger, I had an old single shot shotgun so instead of a wall hanger he mounted the old barrel on a plaque and shoots the shotgun. I buy all the inexpensive single shot shotguns for the barrels at the pawn shops.
If one does this M/L thing long enough, you will most likely fall victim to my malady. "Projects" needing parts, cracked wood, rust, spray painted guns, etc. etc. breed in closets, filing cabinets, gun safes, and behind unrelated stuff. What parts you accumulate will sometimes actually work on a "project", most will not.
The great part is ...that "Michelangelo Moment" when the stars align, Haley's Comet zooms past, and ...there she is, done. Resurrection is a good thing. Try it.
The great part is ...that "Michelangelo Moment" when the stars align, Haley's Comet zooms past, and ...there she is, done. Resurrection is a good thing. Try it.
You'd have to be pretty manly to carry that rifle it's got a 47-inch barrel that's 1 1/8 across the flats.
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I have been working on a SxS 14 bore made in France with a Belgium barrels that I may shot the first time Sunday. From my tire carcass 4 times with my proof loading. We shall see. Back in the 70s living in another house I was redoing the sheet rock in the dining room and put a 10ga. SxS in the wall for laughs as it was a Belgian gun needing lock work. Fast forward and one day I may go back to the house my wife is still in and dig it out, if I run out of projects.
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