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Grandpa's Old Shotgun

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July 22nd, 2006

Post 1 - Planning

I've decided to take my Grandpa's old 16 Ga. Sears & Roebuck Ranger and fix it up. All the metal work on it is faded and a little rusted, the stock on it has scratches and nicks here and there and is a little blackend in areas. I am going to dismantle the gun, re-blue, and clean all the metal works and lube up all the moving parts before putting it back together. But before I do that I am gonna' sand down the stock and re-finish it. Tomorrow I will take some pictures of it before I do any work on it. And I will gradually update this post as I finish.

July 23rd, 2006

Update 1 - The Breakdown

Today I broke down the shotgun into it's main parts and examined it for scrathes, nicks, and dings all over and found that it was in pretty good shape. I will post a few pictures but the rest can be found here: http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/hamburgler123/Shotgun%20Project/
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And to top it off, some videos:
http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/hamburgler123/Shotgun%20Project/?action=view&current=ShotgunVIDEOLong.flv&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1

http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/hamburgler123/Shotgun%20Project/?action=view&current=ShotgunVIDEOShort.flv&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch2
 
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I'm not one for telling people what to do, but that shotgun is in great shape as is. I would not sand that stock or reblue it. Every single scratch or bit of faded blue came from honest use in you grandfather's hands. There is a family history in that shotgun and I think you should mantain it. I don't think you should sand, or reblue it away.

Besides, it's worth more in original condition. It's your shotgun and you can do with it what you want. I'm only telling you what I think.
 
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I have my grandpa's old rifle, and it's as crappy as they come (he wasn't much of a gun enthusiast), my dad had it recrowned (which it was badly in need of), but beyond that I'm leaving it as it was, because it was my grandpa's rifle. If I wanted something to fiddle with and refinish, I'd buy another dirt cheap gun. That's just me though, it's up to you.
 
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Your damn right it's up to me. Why would I want to spend 300-400 dollars ona piece of **** so I could make it look good? That's the stupidest ide a ever. I'm going to make it nice again not to look at but because I like to take care of my guns, I want to make it look nice when I use it. I also have a Diamond Arms 12 Ga. break barrel that is 1 hell of an antique, I guess, and it is in the worst condition possible, I'm going to get it fixed up and get it a fancy box and hang it on the wall.
 
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It's a 16 Ga. the round is pretty much useless and not very easy to find. And it's a bolt action much slower and less effective. The shotgun is outdated in most every way. It's only worth around $100 or so. And I'm not going to sell it, I like it, I'm goign to make it really nice and keep on using it. And I have a Diamond Arms break barrel, I'm pretty sure it's not worth a lot in it's orginal and current state. Maybe $10 tops. I'm going to restore it too and either hang it on a wall or sell it.
 
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Oh, I disagree about 16 ga being useless. It is a bit hardER to find than 12 or 20, but I learned to hunt with a break-open 16 gauge. They're just kind of a bastard size now, since they fall between 12 and 20 gauges, and most people aren't interested in "middling." They either want small or big.

Oh, BTW, I just found a shotgun like this for sale on GunTrader for $165 (16 ga even!). :p
 
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