With the remnants of Hurricane Alex over central Oklahoma and a box from Brownells of shotgun parts I started a remodel job.
A couple years ago I bought an old New Haven 600 somebody had taken a hack saw to with the intention of giving it to a friend for a HD weapon. It never ended up in his possession and has sat in the back of my safe since purchase with no use. I'm not a big fan of hack jobs so I pretty much ignored it.
Browsing Brownells one day I found several parts and decided to rebuild the old New Haven into something I might actually use.
Here it is in its original chopped form.
With all of the original parts removed
With the new parts laid out for putting back together
And finally totally put back together
It is now an 8 shot 20" smoothbore with rifle sights sporting a Houge short stock set. I'll probably use it as a dedicated slug gun since it has the rifle sights.
Total time from start to finish was right at 45 minutes. Time well spent to get a gun I'll actually use and enjoy in my opinion.
Parts used were
Brownells High Capacity Kit
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=25124/Product/MOSSBERG_500_HIGH_CAPACITY_SHOTGUN_KIT
Brownells Steel Safety
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=52902/sku/Moss__500_Safety_Button
Houge Overmold Short stock
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=42393/pid=18365/sku/Moss_500_Shortshot_Stk_Forend_Set__12ga_
The only problem was the sights on the barrel were damaged so I will have to contact Brownells Tuesday for help.
A couple years ago I bought an old New Haven 600 somebody had taken a hack saw to with the intention of giving it to a friend for a HD weapon. It never ended up in his possession and has sat in the back of my safe since purchase with no use. I'm not a big fan of hack jobs so I pretty much ignored it.
Browsing Brownells one day I found several parts and decided to rebuild the old New Haven into something I might actually use.
Here it is in its original chopped form.
With all of the original parts removed
With the new parts laid out for putting back together
And finally totally put back together
It is now an 8 shot 20" smoothbore with rifle sights sporting a Houge short stock set. I'll probably use it as a dedicated slug gun since it has the rifle sights.
Total time from start to finish was right at 45 minutes. Time well spent to get a gun I'll actually use and enjoy in my opinion.
Parts used were
Brownells High Capacity Kit
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=25124/Product/MOSSBERG_500_HIGH_CAPACITY_SHOTGUN_KIT
Brownells Steel Safety
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=52902/sku/Moss__500_Safety_Button
Houge Overmold Short stock
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=42393/pid=18365/sku/Moss_500_Shortshot_Stk_Forend_Set__12ga_
The only problem was the sights on the barrel were damaged so I will have to contact Brownells Tuesday for help.
