Sears Model 200 Restore

Draco20 · Feb 1, 2021

I'm hoping to get some thoughts for those more knowledgeable than I. I grabbed my Dad's old Sears Model 200 shotgun during the last trip home and hoping to restore it. I know it doesn't have much value other than sentimental. The barrel on it was pretty rusted up. I cleaned most of it off, but noticed pitting along the exterior. Some pics below (if I did it correctly). I'm concerned with the spot along the barrel exit. Is the pitting bad enough that it has compromised the barrel?

On another note, sometime along the years, this gun lost its bolt assembly and ejector so I need to find those.

TheOriginalMexicanBob · Feb 1, 2021

Try Numrich for parts and even a replacement barrel. It was made for Sears by Winchester and is essentially a Model 1200.

Draco20 · Feb 2, 2021

Thanks. I'll check out Numrich. I'm hoping the barrel is good, but just needs some TLC.

GuitarmanNick · Feb 2, 2021

Draco20 said:
On another note, sometime along the years, this gun lost its bolt assembly and ejector so I need to find those.

So the gun is getting the blame for losing it's parts?! Careful with statements like this. The anti-2A nutjobs have been blaming them for years and seem to think that they can act by themselves.

slsc98 · Feb 2, 2021

Those photos resemble an old 16ga SxS the wife’s uncle left under his bed for two years, while he toured with the USAF and US / World Judo Teams.

Which he left inside a zippered case.

In Hammond, LA .... for two years! :shocked4:

I used bronze wool (as opposed to steel wool) soaked in motor oil - for days - on the outside of the barrels. For days!

Surprisingly, the interior bores were / remain pristine. Go figger ...

Then turned my attention to the receiver internals and wood furniture which got the oven cleaner - stain - repeated coats of rubbed tung oil.

It hangs on a Rush Creek 5-gun wall-mount gun rack down in the basement today, ready when the errant Agkistrodon contortrix happens by ...

We call it, “CopperDEAD” :lol2:

Draco20 · Feb 3, 2021

GuitarmanNick said:
So the gun is getting the blame for losing it's parts?! Careful with statements like this. The anti-2A nutjobs have been blaming them for years and seem to think that they can act by themselves.

True. When I asked both my brothers and dad about it, they blamed it on each other. We shall never know. ha

Draco20 · Feb 3, 2021

slsc98 said:
Those photos resemble an old 16ga SxS the wife’s uncle left under his bed for two years, while he toured with the USAF and US / World Judo Teams.

Which he left inside a zippered case.

In Hammond, LA .... for two years!

I used bronze wool (as opposed to steel wool) soaked in motor oil - for days - on the outside of the barrels. For days!

Surprisingly, the interior bores were / remain pristine. Go figger ...

Then turned my attention to the receiver internals and wood furniture which got the oven cleaner - stain - repeated coats of rubbed tung oil.

It hangs on a Rush Creek 5-gun wall-mount gun rack down in the basement today, ready when the errant Agkistrodon contortrix happens by ...

We call it, “CopperDEAD”

Did you get all the pitting out or was it just rusted? Did you re-blue the barrel?

JDH146 · Feb 3, 2021

Bolt Assembly $73 shipped

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/890998674

Draco20 · Feb 25, 2021

Got all the missing parts in finally after one sat in USPS purgatory for awhile. Stock and forend are sanded down and ready for finishing. Most surprisingly of all, the rust pitting on the barrel is cleaning up well. I probably won't get it all out, but it looks a thousand times better than when I first brought it home.

Neutron · Feb 25, 2021

We like before and after pictures

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