Remington 1740: My Project Begins.

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Better quesiton: Who can afford six shots of .500 NE?

An update: Safety button came in. However, all gun projects (and other projects that consist of anything fun whatsoever) are put on hold as I desperately scramble to pull my ass out of the fire and flames of 4 tests in 8 days.

College is mean.
 
Safety work almost complete

Update for you guys still following this project.

It's been slow, but now that I have a little time before a next round of tests and papers, I had a little time to myself this afternoon.

After working on a few bicycle frames and parts I have in my backyard (another side-business), I decided to head inside and switch out the safeties on my LH 870. It took a bit of head-scratching, but I figured it out and it came out pretty easily. New safety is a bit rough, but it's loosening up pretty nicely.

Next was to find something that would fit between the two safeties and be durable, while maintaining the same diameter as the safeties. Could only find an old allen wrench I wasn't using. So I broke out the Dremel.

Couldn't find my cutting blade attachement :banghead: so I used my grinding wheel :neener:

Then I grinded to size. fits in there pretty nicely.

I've got some hard epoxy stuff that I'll use to attach the piece to one of the safeties. I will only attached it to one right now, since if I wanted to take the trigger groups out I want to still have them seperate. I think this will be easier for cleaning.

Here's the piece. It's a tough little guy.



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Now I have no more time because the girlfriend wants grilled shrimp tonight. I gotta start cooking! :eek:

More to come!
 
Would this work with two Mossy 500's?

Do they even MAKE a Left Handed Mossberg 500?
 
I apologise for the bad quality in the clay pidgeon videos. Can't see what we were doing. It was fun nevertheless.

I don't know if they make a left handed mossberg or not. never heard of one.
 
I'm letting the epoxy set as I speak. We'll see how well it works. If I'm not satisfied, I'm picking up some JB weld.
 
Video time! A little commentary about the gun. Video came out really grainy. I'll have to check the settings on my camera.

Oh, and about that damned cat... Not mine. A stray my roomie brought in.

I've thought a few times of using the shotgun on it. It's unbelievably annoying.

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Sweet! Now do something similar for the slide release levers.

BTW, I was thinking of what would be involved in a Remington 2200 (like yours but semi-auto) and was wondering what the BATF thought about a single trigger that fired 2 rounds at once. Is it considered a machine gun, then? Or does it not count because it's technically 2 guns? Could I fabricate a handle/bar/mechanism that would pull both triggers with the pull of a single one?
 
From what I understand, since it is still two guns, it doesn't count as an MG. You arn't altering any receivers for FA fire. Plus, if the 2200 was an MG, then what would you call those crank-fired 10-22 gatling guns?

A trigger shoe would be easy to manufacture for a 2200.
 
Joel,

Since I only epoxy'd it to one safety, there was no torque.

Doesn't matter much, though. That little gel epoxy didn't hold up. I need some metal epoxy or JB weld. I didn't think it would, honestly, but it made for a good prototype.

I shot 8 rounds through it today at 25 yards at a filled jug of water. 7 1/2 birdshot. 2 rounds seperate, the rest both barrels at a time. The epoxy didn't like that recoil impulse. I'll fix it when I get back home.

No video guys :( It was a quick session at the deer camp while cooking burgers and chicken legs.
 
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Awesome project. I think about wild stuff like this all the time, but you actually did it. Congratulations.

Doesn't matter much, though. That little gel epoxy didn't hold up. I need some metal epoxy or JB weld. I didn't think it would, honestly, but it made for a good prototype
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I have my doubts that any kind of epoxy will last very long with the shock of recoil. Have ya thought about using silver solder, brazing or welding to extend the safety? Only problem with that is it would permanently modify the safety.

You could drill and tap the one safety buttons and then put a small screw in it with a piece of brake line or small tubing for a sleeve. If you ever wanted to change it back, just cut off the screw flush and paint it black.

I'm sure you'll figure out something that will hold up. You've shown quite a bit of ingenuity so far. I hope to see ya shooting it again soon.
 
Depends what you put through it... Magnums, probably; low-recoil, not as likely. Also, if you fire one a little before the other rather than both at once...

And if I understand Deer Hunter correctly, the weight should eat a lot of it. Two shotguns' weight firing one barrel should have the recoil of a pistol-caliber...
 
And it does have a shoulder stock on it. The receiver on the other side of the camera's POV has a standard stock, the one closer has a pistol grip, so you're not taking the recoil into your wrist like a PGO.
 
I've shot both barrels with 3" magnumt 2 ounce turkey loads. It's more of a very strong push than really hard recoil. That's the strongest stuff I've ever put through it.

I've picked up some JB weld and when I get time (two summer classes, work, volunteering, moving room-mates, etc etc) I will get on it again. But it probably wont be this week.
 
Been following this for some months now, I can't truly appreciate such things as gun laws in the UK are extremely strict (even with a shotgun license, where they check your locked down gun security, no non military shotgun is allowed to have more than 3 rounds, including chambered ones).

I think what you're doing is awesome, and should definitely be featured in every single zombie movie ever.

Basically I have two questions, though.

Could you adjust the chokes so that one split horizontally, and one vertically to get an awesome spread?

How many rounds does it currently hold? and how many could it hold?
 
I think standard 870's hold either 7 or 8, with 1- or 2-round extensions available. So between both actions, you're looking at a max of somewhere between 16 and 20.

As for spreads, you're thinking of duckbill attachments on the muzzle, which are more trouble than they're worth if you ever wanna put a slug down the bore or have the option to do so.

Wait till I build mine, with mag-extensions and twin 37mm flare-launchers... :evil:
 
Finally got around to it...

Well I finally got around to fixing those safeties for good. Sidetracked by getting part of one of my fingers cut off (they sowed it back on, no worries), summerschool, and a Stevens 200/FN FAL project that I have had in the works (Who can afford an LAR-8 at today's prices?).

Food for thought: Epoxy is weak, JB Weld is strong. And it's doing a fine job at the safety.

I'm not seeing how it would ever come off now. Here is a picture and a little video.

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Go ahead, make fun of my shorts. :neener:

This is such a fun "little" gun. I think the next thing I'll do is extended magazines. That would add some entertainment. :)
 
Nice to see an update! Would those x-rail magazine's work on this? I think those would give you around 46rds...epic :)
 
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