Sharps40
Senior Member
Got it from a Pal. A gift for the Grandaughter, MuddyGirl27. Its her shotgun and completes her lifetime battery of shotgun, 22 rifle, hunting rifle and handgun.
Getting it ready for good looks and small game now.
Pretty wood, previously sanded with heavy grit paper.
Front sight blew out and the muzzle is a bit crimped? Don't know if that was factory choke or not but it's going to be removed. If we need choke, I can jug choke the barrel later since its not chrome lined.
Not too many flat spots on the gun so, I'll use the factory sight hole to find top dead center.....
New hole, centered at 12 oclock, drilled #31 and tapped 6x48 for any kind of sight we might like to have, store bought or home made.
After trimming the barrel just aft of the original sight hole and crimped barrel, I square it with piloted hand cutter.
An 11 degree crowning cutter on a pilot, turned by hand makes a slight recess.
After polishing the 11 degree recess and a bit of rounding over the muzzle's outer circumference to remove the sharp edge......done. And I still have 25.5" of good smooth bright wonderfully preserved bore.
Getting it ready for good looks and small game now.
Pretty wood, previously sanded with heavy grit paper.
Front sight blew out and the muzzle is a bit crimped? Don't know if that was factory choke or not but it's going to be removed. If we need choke, I can jug choke the barrel later since its not chrome lined.
Not too many flat spots on the gun so, I'll use the factory sight hole to find top dead center.....
New hole, centered at 12 oclock, drilled #31 and tapped 6x48 for any kind of sight we might like to have, store bought or home made.
After trimming the barrel just aft of the original sight hole and crimped barrel, I square it with piloted hand cutter.
An 11 degree crowning cutter on a pilot, turned by hand makes a slight recess.
After polishing the 11 degree recess and a bit of rounding over the muzzle's outer circumference to remove the sharp edge......done. And I still have 25.5" of good smooth bright wonderfully preserved bore.