Ha!! Thanks for the flattery, but I'm the rankest amateur on the planet! If you want to come up this way to have something refinished or restored, go see Doug Turnbull!
This gun had a pretty piece of wood from the start and just removing the old brittle, shiney factory finish was a major...
I almost wipe the tru-oil on and off with the same rag - it's a VERY light coat. I do use steel wool between coats and after the final coat. For this step I use the 4-OOO super fine.
The final wipe (and the earlier coloring before the tru-oil) is with Old English Scratch Cover oil (dark...
Check out the CDNN website and see what sort of higher grade 870 stocks they might have if you're interested in dressing it up with stock Remington hardware. That's the cool thing about an 870 - you can do absolutely anything with a good solid one. -WSJ
Holy cats! That is flat lovely and I can't believe it's just a 16 gauge the way it's set up. The stock, cheek piece, sling swivel, etc. all look like a double rifle. Any chance it's the 16 gauge shotgun half of a 2-gun, rifle-shotgun set? -WSJ
These are at various stages in the application of an oil stain and very light coats of Tru Oil (I think I used 5 or 6 coats). The last are the finished product. Yeah, I ruined the collector value but I'm happy with the result so far and didn't molest it too badly. :)
A Pachmayr Old English...
Here are a couple more pics of the 5100 project. Not by any stretch a 'restoration,' more like restrained rehab to make it look like a lightly used, well loved gun. These are in prep and interim stages.
I used this stripper because I didn't want to sand anything or totally remove all the...
Oops, should have read further before replying since about 8 people beat me to that one. Me, I like the wood stocks. But if I had an heirloom Tenite stocked gun I'd sure keep it and use it like it was supposed to be used.
Here in WNY it's going to be 41 and sunny, the snow's gotten too skimpy to ski, and grouse are in until the end of February. So what I ought to do instead of work on projects is take the Labs and try to find a grouse or two and just see if it is! Thanks! -WSJ:thumbsup:
I checked Numrich (egunparts.com) and they have them. I assume they're more or less the original 5100/311/345/Hercules/whatever type. Price was reasonable. -WSJ
You're right - it's a very nice, unassuming shotgum! I've been looking for one (5100, 311, whatever) in nice shape for several years. I'm an 'accumulator' as opposed to collector and I just wanted one of the old Stevens or Savage SxS 16 0r 20 gauge's in good shape. And I'm very partial to the...
A couple photos, finally (I hope!).
This shotgun is a 20 gauge SxS, 28" bbls, hammerless, double trigger, with a case hardened receiver marked 'J Stevens Arms Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass. USA.'
It was apparently made between 1931 and 1941, probably in the latter half of that range based...
I passed up one in a Monroe, Lousiana, pawn shop long years ago because there was only a partial box of ammo with it and no sign of any new production on the horizon. And lacking the internet in those benighted days I could only rely on my instincts and passed on it. Although I can't now...
I have a CZ Ringneck SxS 28 ga. that I like and with which I even manage to kill a grouse or two. The bluing and general exterior fit & finish are nice and the stock is flat lovely but it honestly it doesn't feel like a Beretta or Franchi or even SKB when you slide the selector or safety. But...