ijosef
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EDIT: It's a Stevens Model 37, my mistake.
This shotgun has belonged to my father since the 1960's and it was bought used back then, so I'm sure it's pretty old. I estimate the value (books and what I can find on the market) at about forty bucks, so it's not worth a trip to the gunsmith.
It shoots fine, but when you pull the bolt back it doesn't eject the shell. You either have to pull it out with your fingers or turn the gun upside down and give it a shake. I tried to take pictures, although I'm not photographer nor a master of the macro. The bottom of the bolt has a lot of chatter marks on it, I assume as evidence of very rough machining from the factory.
Anyway, my questions are as follows:
1. Is there anything I can do to improve ejection/extraction?
2. The gun is pretty old and a bit rusty. How should I go about cleaning it up?
3. Sometimes shells don't slide into the chamber when you push the bolt forward - it's like they ram right into since there is no feed ramp or anything. Would it be possible to create one or somehow alleviate this?
This shotgun has belonged to my father since the 1960's and it was bought used back then, so I'm sure it's pretty old. I estimate the value (books and what I can find on the market) at about forty bucks, so it's not worth a trip to the gunsmith.
It shoots fine, but when you pull the bolt back it doesn't eject the shell. You either have to pull it out with your fingers or turn the gun upside down and give it a shake. I tried to take pictures, although I'm not photographer nor a master of the macro. The bottom of the bolt has a lot of chatter marks on it, I assume as evidence of very rough machining from the factory.
Anyway, my questions are as follows:
1. Is there anything I can do to improve ejection/extraction?
2. The gun is pretty old and a bit rusty. How should I go about cleaning it up?
3. Sometimes shells don't slide into the chamber when you push the bolt forward - it's like they ram right into since there is no feed ramp or anything. Would it be possible to create one or somehow alleviate this?
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