Recent content by kirbythegunsmith

Browning A-5 16 ga. Invector barrel, Sale pending Thanks to all that helped in this disposal. -------------------------------------------- I have been helping a Widow dispose of some collection pieces, and one that is going off auction Thursday night is this almost new barrel and chokes...

Details I am happy that the owner has figured out the details of his problem. I might mention that certain particulars are incorrect or not necessary in proper mechanism assemblages, and if one technique is only going to work by the application of force, I am less likely to overlook that in...

Here is what I showed regarding a proper repair of a bad chamber, since someone had tried to get this done on a shotgun and had been given unsatisfactory results. I had received enough feedback that there was some interest in such information that I decided to post this here...

Details Confusion verily abounds. I will try to assemble the pertinent points that some have caught, and some left unsaid. The spare barrel shown is a solid frame barrel, but the shotgun in question is a takedown version. The Model 12 had no solid frame version until decades later, a...

Details Please do not confuse the original Winchester 37 with the later model 37A. Parts have no interchange at all between them in any size, gauge, or instance. I am not sure if even the buttplate screws are similar enough to interchange, and the wood fit is completely different in...

Details The Virginian speaks true. JDH may have very rapid and trained hands, too. It takes a very rapid pull and release of the bolt handle to get the carrier to lift the next shell when manually cycling, since the shell feeding from the magazine is propelled out by the magazine spring...

Details If you say that the one tube fails to reach the bottom of the hole, then some part of the tube must have interference. You notice that the thread is closer to the skirt edge for the tube in question, so I would conclude that it is the thread that is running out of space in the choke...

Details If the tube was from an era that had deeper threads cut into the choke hole, that could account for the difference in thread start position. A running design change of construction could have a few tubes that are identically marked be slightly different in the actual fit tolerances...

I am posting these pictures and explanations of problems related to aftermarket choke installations in order to inform shooters that may not have had the opportunity to see any of my previous material and articles that demonstrate the lack of consistency and skills prevalent in the gunsmithing...

I am posting these pictures and explanations of problems related to aftermarket choke installations in order to inform shooters that may not have had the opportunity to see any of my previous material and articles that demonstrate the lack of consistency and skills prevalent in the gunsmithing...

Choke and Bore error/ deformities pictured, Part 2, Kirbythegunsmith These repair pictures show why these jobs are sent to me to fix- especially when no other shop can help alleviate the situation- and the end result is beyond what the owner had expected was possible. I have altered and...

Choke and Bore error/ deformities pictured, Part 2, Kirbythegunsmith Part 2 Being mindful that a barrel change was the first thought of the owner, the inspection of the old barrel vs. the barrel expected to replace the previous one ought to be a significant upgrade in some aspect, and in the...

This is a pictured choke installation in a thin Winchester Model-12 barrel that was previously done by someone as a gunsmithing student project that went awry some years back, and recently was sent to me for a barrel change. Notice that there was no meat left to retain a bead, so no bead was...

This is a pictured choke installation in a thin Winchester Model-12 barrel that was previously done by someone as a gunsmithing student project that went awry some years back, and recently was sent to me for a barrel change. Notice that there was no meat left to retain a bead, so no bead was...

Details Some misconceptions are presented here. It is true that a choke will influence the pattern of barrels of any length, and generally a tighter choke will make a tighter pattern to the limit that the shell contents can withstand i.e. lead hardness, pellet size, wad construction and...