Freudianfloyd
Member
To make a long story short, when my Grandfather passed, I was given an old 12g Wingmaster of unknown origin. My grandpa was an avid collector, and this gun was in his shop on the shelf with no stock, barrel, or trigger assembly. It is rusty and pitted, but still looks like it has some potential. Atleast I hope it does.
I will add pictures later.
Anyway, the gun has some substantial rusting on the receiver, and action. The gun may also have been in a fire from what I have found. The mag tube spring did not have alot of temper left, and the ejector spring also seemed soft. However, there doesn't appear to be any warping of the mag tube, and the receiver after doing some media blasting and sanding seems to be cleaning up pretty well.
I know a lot of people are going to say "it's junk", "why risk it", "it will blow up in your face", etc. And those who tend to be a bit more adventurous like me would say "at a minimum, take it to be inspected by a gunsmith".
So that is my question, if taken to a gunsmith, what would they even look for? A hardness test? I have the equipment to do that myself, dye pen testing? Most gunsmiths probably don't have the equipment needed to actually inspect the micrograin structure, so what would they check to say yes or no to this one being safe?
I can measure the receiver and compare it to my other wingmaster, I can do hardness testing and dye pen testing. What else is there would they test?
Again, I don't know if it was actually in a fire or not. The spring may have just been stuck in the compressed state due to the rust for all I know.
I will add pictures later.
Anyway, the gun has some substantial rusting on the receiver, and action. The gun may also have been in a fire from what I have found. The mag tube spring did not have alot of temper left, and the ejector spring also seemed soft. However, there doesn't appear to be any warping of the mag tube, and the receiver after doing some media blasting and sanding seems to be cleaning up pretty well.
I know a lot of people are going to say "it's junk", "why risk it", "it will blow up in your face", etc. And those who tend to be a bit more adventurous like me would say "at a minimum, take it to be inspected by a gunsmith".
So that is my question, if taken to a gunsmith, what would they even look for? A hardness test? I have the equipment to do that myself, dye pen testing? Most gunsmiths probably don't have the equipment needed to actually inspect the micrograin structure, so what would they check to say yes or no to this one being safe?
I can measure the receiver and compare it to my other wingmaster, I can do hardness testing and dye pen testing. What else is there would they test?
Again, I don't know if it was actually in a fire or not. The spring may have just been stuck in the compressed state due to the rust for all I know.
