Sharps40
Buckeye
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- Apr 15, 2014
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Got this one with a rib and a barrel hacked unevenly to 18 5/8ish wobbly inches. Paint and a shortened stock. It was a quickie riot gun on a 3.5" pump gun. We'll make it pretty and functional.
Streamline first...get the rib off the barrel. Gentle heat, solder gives and the rib bones pop off easy. Knocking down the solder with a file will require reblued but this one will deserve it given the added components are what I consider top end and priced as if they in fact are top end. But, it needs to be reliable too, so.....top end.
Once the rib is off its a simple matter to fit up the Nordic +2 extension after drilling out the spring retainer buttons in the original mag tube. Once that's done, the Nordic extension is a simple bolt on.
Inside is a low drag red anodized Nordic follower for empty status checks and smooth friction free feeding of shells to the carrier.
For practical tactical purposes I added the Pic Rail mount on the optional barrel to extension clamp. Also added is a forward sling mount on the same barrel to extension clamp. I don't like the pop on/off swivels so will adapt an Uncle mikes to the forward sling mount for a no fail no fall off no wear out forward mounting point. Note, sling and pic rail can swap sides if ya like.
Front sight will be a green glow worm bead thingie threaded clean through the now crowned barrel (which incidentally, cleaned up with a hand piloted reamer at 18 9/16" breech to muzzle.
Probably add a spacer to the sawn off stock and since its all birch, likely clean off the camo and replace it with black paint finish.
In adding the +2 extension I put in the replacement full length spring, its long enough for the +5 or so long long extensions but it all fits and provides very solid and smooth feed. The mag capacity with the +2 extension is 6 each 2 3/4" shells + one in the chamber. I don't have 3" or 3.5" shells to check with but I expect it'll hold 6+1 on the 3"ers and at least 5+1 on the 3.5"ers.
Oh yeah....when I popped off the vent rib and crowned the crooked muzzle (it looked like a star washer out front) I also ran in the long forcing cone reamer and gave this one a nice smooth long forcing cone....might as well do it when ya have the tooling, time and the barrel is off..
Here we go...
Streamline first...get the rib off the barrel. Gentle heat, solder gives and the rib bones pop off easy. Knocking down the solder with a file will require reblued but this one will deserve it given the added components are what I consider top end and priced as if they in fact are top end. But, it needs to be reliable too, so.....top end.
Once the rib is off its a simple matter to fit up the Nordic +2 extension after drilling out the spring retainer buttons in the original mag tube. Once that's done, the Nordic extension is a simple bolt on.
Inside is a low drag red anodized Nordic follower for empty status checks and smooth friction free feeding of shells to the carrier.
For practical tactical purposes I added the Pic Rail mount on the optional barrel to extension clamp. Also added is a forward sling mount on the same barrel to extension clamp. I don't like the pop on/off swivels so will adapt an Uncle mikes to the forward sling mount for a no fail no fall off no wear out forward mounting point. Note, sling and pic rail can swap sides if ya like.
Front sight will be a green glow worm bead thingie threaded clean through the now crowned barrel (which incidentally, cleaned up with a hand piloted reamer at 18 9/16" breech to muzzle.
Probably add a spacer to the sawn off stock and since its all birch, likely clean off the camo and replace it with black paint finish.
In adding the +2 extension I put in the replacement full length spring, its long enough for the +5 or so long long extensions but it all fits and provides very solid and smooth feed. The mag capacity with the +2 extension is 6 each 2 3/4" shells + one in the chamber. I don't have 3" or 3.5" shells to check with but I expect it'll hold 6+1 on the 3"ers and at least 5+1 on the 3.5"ers.
Oh yeah....when I popped off the vent rib and crowned the crooked muzzle (it looked like a star washer out front) I also ran in the long forcing cone reamer and gave this one a nice smooth long forcing cone....might as well do it when ya have the tooling, time and the barrel is off..
Here we go...