Remington 1740: My Project Begins.

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Tplane,

Good advice. I'm working on a few designs right now to make this a more commercial project piece, and the thumbhole stock is in one of them, I assure you.

As for the LH ejection, it doesn't hit you when you work the action, so you're fine.

Also, I had some problems with cheap Remington birdshot sticking occasionally in the left handed gun. That was mainly to do with the "newness" of the gun. A case or two later and it's smoothed up nicely.
 
DH, Tplane's idea's very similar to the "joined stock" I was envisioning, although I had been thinking PGO inboard/conventional outboard with the pieces structurally blended together like what the Twin Mustang was for WWII fighters.

I'm also imagining a Thompson vertical foregrip on the pump, maybe Picatinny rails all around--say three along the top, one on each side, and one each side of the pump plus two more below?
 
Okay, just found this.

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This is cool. totally cool. like, whenareyougoingtomaketheinstructionscauseiwanttobuildone cool.:D(translated: When are you going to make instructions cause i want to build one)
 
Gvnwst,

Patience. Organic chemistry, molecular and cell biology, the ER, side-businesses, and life in general has made me a very lazy (sidetracked) person.

I'm going to get with a buddy of mine and draw up some technical stuff soon.
 
Have you tried having the left-hand safety switched out for a right-handed one? Or you could change the right-hand one to a lefty, whichever you prefer. This would enable you to use your pin idea, and probably for under $30. Keep evolving your design, this is how great designs are born. Don't let limitations of your current resources stop you from designing your ideal creation.

Your next assignment - side-by-side Remington 11-87's. Twin-barreled semi-auto shotgun madness! *drool* So what if it would be at least double the cost of your current project...
 
voytski, why would you buy new safties, just switch the 2. Then you would have what you are talking about without any expense.
 
I joined the forums just to see the images you posted after following here from a StumbleUpon link. This is by far the coolest shotgun mod I've ever seen.
 
Well well, the thread lives!

Alright, I'm talking to another member of this board about turning out a few "kits" where you'll be able to turn a LH and RH 870 into this. I'm working on designs right now. It may take a while, but I believe that I can get a few kits cobbled up with this other guy's help.

Reverend,

I live in College Station.

Voytski,

I've been looking into fixing the safety. Your idea is very doable. I would just need to find a safety online and replace it in the LH gun's trigger group.
 
You couldn't use a 37 Ithaca because there are no pins running through both guns that could be lined up and used to hold them together.

And with a 1100 or 11-87, you can't put a pistol grip on them because the bolt return spring tube runs down into the stock.
 
As for a kit, looks to me like you need:
1 right hand 870 http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=119834918
1 left hand 870 http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=119896859
2 bolts to replace the trigger group pins, long enough to reach through both guns.http://www.napaonline.com/
1 Remington upland stock for the left hand gun
1 pistol grip for the right handed gun.http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=119746089
And some tubing and scrap metal to conect the pumps together.
1 baseball bat.http://cgi.ebay.com/CHICAGO-WHITE-S...14&_trkparms=72:1209|66:1|65:12|39:2|240:1318

You can buy everything you need except the forward pump assembly. And anyone with a wire welder can easily make that.
 
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Just found this topic. what in gods name inspired this besides a game. :) either way it's awesome. i would love to see this with the simplicity of a Mossberg 500. :) Time to find a lefty Mossberg. or not.
 
No prices or anything. Right now it's up in the air.

And PA, you're right about all of that. Since I'm going to have a few nice pieces of equipment to work with, I will be able to make parts and pieces that look and work a little better than what I cobbled together.

Having said this, I believe I can get an 1100 or 11-87 to work. It'll just be a more interesting design.

I'm taking it out today to see if I can get a white-tail with it. :)
 
Just use a 1100 lefty and a mod 58 or 878 right hand. You CAN put a pistol grip on a 58 or 878. Since they have the gas system built into the mag tube. You will only have 3 shots, but you will have two guns, so at least 6 shots. And automatic, no pump jamming. Put a really good recoil pad on it and hook the triggers together, fire both bbls at the same time.
 
I have a few ideas since this has givin me a base to work with on this...

I have an 870 and 870 clone that I am goin to throw togther, not for usable purposes but to check spacing for a forend assembly.

My 870 clone was one of my fun projects and doubleing it up with a LH one should work fine. Goin to have to look at spacing for the forends togther to see if I can make something to have the vertical forend grip put in it.

Im goin to start with this one and go from there.

JD
 

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I ordered a right handed safety to put in the left handed trigger group. Once that's done, I'll fix some kind of bar traveling across the space between the safeties so I can use both safeties as one.
 
First day I laid eyes on your baby, and I think it's awesome.

Wilson Combat will soon rip your idea and have these things out by the thousands.:p
 
Oh my goodness. A dual pump barreled shotgun.

*Pops Oxycodin

Now Im ready to try it out, now where is it? Quickly before I lose consiousness.
 
Deer Hunter ,
You are THAT GUY !!!! I have seen bits and snippets of your creation but just today I got to read the whole "labor of love" for your 1740.

It is a idea ahead of it's time !!!!!!!

Now , ya got me looking for a left-hand Rem. 1100:banghead:


Hope you could start some kind of conversion kits to sell -- a few people are doing well marketing Saiga S-12 stuff.

I think you have a bright future -- best of luck.
Gunfighter123
 
DH I saw a double barreled bolt action African rifle in Shooters Bible some time ago, but your creation is much more appealing. Besides, who needs six shots with a .500 nitro express?
 
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