I have an old 870 wingmaster smooth barrel shotgun. I want to saw it off to 18 inches long. What is the best way to do this myself?
Or just buy the length you want.Kivaari said::shock:
Maybe you can find an old barrel already cut off ....
Don't be too hard on yourself. We all do stupid thing in youth. At least you made a useful gun out of it. Memories there, right? And you still have the gun. I sawed off the stock on an old Marlin hammer pump-gun and threw away the original butt plate in order to put on a recoil pad. I also shot slugs through the tightly full choked barrel and caused a bulge. See, it could've been worse. :wink:Old One said:I did that years ago when I was young and impulsive. The only shotgun I had was a 870 that was my Dad's who passed away when I was 12.
Well I had out quail hunting and walked my legs off and shot a box of shell only to dust some feathers. The 870 had a 30in full choke barrel. I was convinced that this was why I missing the birds so I came in a cut the barrel down to 18in.
I could now hit birds but now, years later and wiser, I wish I had not done that.
This was the only gun my Dad had and I have screwed it up sentimentally. Now I have all kinds of guns and have bought other barrels for the old 870 but it is not the same.
I don't know how old it is my Dad passed in 1955 and he had bought the gun from my uncle used.
But I cut it, sanded, and reblued. It looks good but not what I should have done.
26 inches, from stem to stern.SXer said:Also remember that there is an over-all gun length to watch for.....Jack