870 Deal of the Century?

[Lawyerman]

I bought an 870 this morning. It is a Wingmaster, 2 3/4 inch gun, pre flextab with a 28" Modified, vent rib barrel. The wood was absolutely gorgeous. The receiver and barrel though are covered in rust, the bore is mint. If I had to guess I would say that someone put their shotgun away a little wet in a cloth case, went to get it out and went "Oh My God!". I gave $50 for it at a local pawn shop.

The internals appear fine, cycles like a Wingmaster should. I have decided to sell the pretty walnut and replace it with some Express wood I have laying around. The metal will go into the bead blaster and get cleaned up. Most likely I will use High Temperature, black, header paint (worked for the Brits) to refinish the barrel and action. There are no pits in the metal, just surface rust, I think it will clean up pretty good really. Will sell the barrel at the gunshow, this should put me into the gun for less than zero! Will have to hunt up a short, riot barrel and make this my UGLY, no worries, training gun!

Now if I can just scam an extension, sidesaddle and sling somewhere????

 

[BigG]

The century is still young, but it sounds like you got a heckuva deal. To anybody who has tried one the Wingmaster is like Sara Lee, and nobody doesn't like Sara Lee!

 

[C.R.Sam]

Nice catch.

Sam

 

[Ala Dan]

Want your money back? (Laughing Loudly)

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

 

[Dave McCracken]

Nice deal.How about posting before and after pics accompanying a howto thread? Thanks...

 

[Lawyerman]

Will do that. It will probably be awhile though, with hunting season upon us it may have to wait for inclement weather! Everybody needs an ugly, "no fear" shotgun.

 

[Dave McCracken]

Amen, let us now praise "Ugly" shotguns....

 

[Lone Star]

I "doesn't" like Sara Lee. The company is notroiously anti-gun!

Lone Star

 

[BigG]

ok, ok, That saying goes way back before any antigun sediments were expressed by Saralee...

 

[Rat-30]

0000 Steel wool and gun oil

Wonderful relief from surface rust - don't ask how I know

Take a bun of 0000 steel wool, and unroll it. Use a pair of scissors to cut a length off about 4", or 2 'unrolls' wide. Roll this up lengthwise, and have about a 2" patch of 0000 steel wool.

Put rem-oil (for the Remington ) on the receiver, and scrub away. Very soon, you'll have an orange slurry of oily rust. Wipe off, reapply oil, replace 0000 steel wool patch as needed, and continue.

It helps me remove the rust, without removing the finish.

Let me know how it works, if interested. Then you can still 'paint' it.



All the best,

 

[Lawyerman]

I have used the oil slurry and steel wool treatment on "spot" rust. it is amazing how well it works. Usually I use CLP. I got that trick out of the Patrick Sweeney gunsmithing series of books.

I have a bead blaster though in the garage that will make much shorter work of the task! Now if I could just get away for an hour or two....

 

[riverdog]

That's esactly what I need to send out for NP3. Since it already need a new finish, make it something that will take the test of time. 'course being into it for less than zero has a certain appeal

 

[Lawyerman]

I have plenty of safe queens. I want this gun to be the one that gets thrown in the mud and gravel at the range during scramble drills without a second thought, the loaner at our matches for the guy whose gun goes down, the brother in law's pheasant killer, an ugly but always functional gun. I may carve NO FEAR into the buttstock or something similarly cheesy



If the paint gets scratched, steel wool and Krylon make it new for $2.79 a can.

 

[BigG]

The Breakfree CLP is amazing on how it dissolves rust and makes the weapon look great. As long as there's no pitting, it might look good as new.