NE Ohio gunsmith?

[transalpian]

Greetings!

I've got an old Columbia single barrel 12ga that needs some help. It's a family heirloom, but still shoots well. The problem is that the tapered pin that holds the forend/barrel assembly to the reciever has worn to the point that there is noticable lateral play.

Can anyone recommend a good smith in ne Ohio to either weld up or fab a new piece?

Thanks!

 

[bsctov]

Hey, I don't know any gun smiths, but you are about 10 minutes north of me. Just a random observation.

 

[joed]

I no longer know of anyone near you. You can try B&T on 82 & 83 in Eaton Twnship. Shouldn't be all that hard to find someone. I had a really good smith but I lost touch with him.

Another place is one in Grafton. They can probably direct you to the person who has done a lot of work for me. Can't think of the name of the shop though.

 

[timfromohio]

Hey NEOhioans! Howdy there, I'm in Bath Township - basically, very west Akron.

I've never had need of one, but a guy at work mentioned that Royal Ridge Shooters Supply and Gunsmithing is decent. They are on Pearl Rd. in Brunswick. They might be able to recommend somebody closer to you if they are too far of a drive.

 

[RandKL]

On most old singles, it's just too expensive to make or find a new part to replace that pivot pin....so the common fix we do is to simply punch it out of the receiver and turn it a half a turn and then tap it back in. It only wears on the one side....so by turning it, you get it back to a good, unworn side. For those guns with riveted (peened) heads on the pivot pin that aren't worth the time to cut off and replace, you can simply take a half inch wide strip of coke can for a shim and bend it into a "U" shape and slip it onto the pivot pin. Replace the barrel as usual and then trim the shim ends so they fit under the forearm. Both methods can restore those old singles to like new function in about five minutes.

rich

 

[transalpian]

This gun was designed as a sort of take-down gun. The pivot pin has a hinged head that swings into a pocket to lock it in place. I'll post a photo tonight.

Bottom line is that the pin can only go in one position. I'll try the shim approach as well.

However, this was my great-grandfathers gun that I'd like to get back in shape. Cost is secondary in this case.

 

[transalpian]

Bsctov- greetings to you as well. It would be hard for me to be 10 minutes south of anything, except Canada!!

 

[StrawHat]

Van has done some work for me. Family run business.

http://gunworkscustom.com/

And it's a nice drive from Bay to Sandusky.