Hello all,
I recently bought a Stevens 620A off of Gunbroker for $100. The idea was to pick up another pump gun for cheap. I had originally planned to cut it down and have a compact takedown 12ga that I only had about $130 in. I could take it in a backpack or truck or whatnot. The auction said it had some hairline cracks in the stock, but I wasn't really looking for a pristine gun.
Well when it got here, those cracks had had a good time in shipping:
Sigh. I thought about not taking the transfer and sending it back, but I don't think the seller misrepresented anything, just bad luck in shipping. The box wasn't even beat up. Besides I like the idea of a Browning designed shotgun. So it's mine now. and I need a stock.
I found a couple places to get a new stock, and they're all about $50. Which is cool, but has caused a shift in my perception of the use of this shotgun. Once I drop another $50, and spend the time to fit and finish the thing, it's no longer, to me, a cheap throw around gun. I'll be invested in it then. So I'm looking at my options.
Option 1:
Put a new stock on it, clean it up and leave it be. I don't hunt birds, or really play clay games, but if I did this it'd be my second shotgun that could. So if I got a wild hair I could take a friend out and we could shoot clays locally. The few rounds I shot as a kid I enjoyed. This is the cheapest.
Option 2:
Put a new stock on it, cut it down as originally planned and use it for a road trip/camping defense gun. I already have two "tactical" shotguns, so I don't really need another, but I think I'd like this better then my Chinese 870 knockoff and my Bennelli doesn't actually get out much (to pricey). So this option would a more useable fighting gun.
Option 3:
Make it into reproduction trench gun. I can find or make the correct wood, I found a repro bayo lug/heat shield. I could set it all up, then have it reblued and bring it to an "as new" reproduction. (Sans markings. not counterfeit, just a repro) This is by far the most expensive option, but gives me a really neat shotgun, that at least looks like a piece of history.
So now I come to a gun boards favorite thing. Give me your opinion. Any cool ideas for this gun? What would you do with it? It's obviously become a project gun, but which direction should I take it? What say the shotgun gurus.*
*No PGO suggestions. I have more class then that.
I recently bought a Stevens 620A off of Gunbroker for $100. The idea was to pick up another pump gun for cheap. I had originally planned to cut it down and have a compact takedown 12ga that I only had about $130 in. I could take it in a backpack or truck or whatnot. The auction said it had some hairline cracks in the stock, but I wasn't really looking for a pristine gun.
Well when it got here, those cracks had had a good time in shipping:
Sigh. I thought about not taking the transfer and sending it back, but I don't think the seller misrepresented anything, just bad luck in shipping. The box wasn't even beat up. Besides I like the idea of a Browning designed shotgun. So it's mine now. and I need a stock.
I found a couple places to get a new stock, and they're all about $50. Which is cool, but has caused a shift in my perception of the use of this shotgun. Once I drop another $50, and spend the time to fit and finish the thing, it's no longer, to me, a cheap throw around gun. I'll be invested in it then. So I'm looking at my options.
Option 1:
Put a new stock on it, clean it up and leave it be. I don't hunt birds, or really play clay games, but if I did this it'd be my second shotgun that could. So if I got a wild hair I could take a friend out and we could shoot clays locally. The few rounds I shot as a kid I enjoyed. This is the cheapest.
Option 2:
Put a new stock on it, cut it down as originally planned and use it for a road trip/camping defense gun. I already have two "tactical" shotguns, so I don't really need another, but I think I'd like this better then my Chinese 870 knockoff and my Bennelli doesn't actually get out much (to pricey). So this option would a more useable fighting gun.
Option 3:
Make it into reproduction trench gun. I can find or make the correct wood, I found a repro bayo lug/heat shield. I could set it all up, then have it reblued and bring it to an "as new" reproduction. (Sans markings. not counterfeit, just a repro) This is by far the most expensive option, but gives me a really neat shotgun, that at least looks like a piece of history.
So now I come to a gun boards favorite thing. Give me your opinion. Any cool ideas for this gun? What would you do with it? It's obviously become a project gun, but which direction should I take it? What say the shotgun gurus.*
*No PGO suggestions. I have more class then that.