Draskuul
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I recently inherited a Remington Fieldmaster 121 that had the magazine tube taped to the barrel. After investigating I found that the magazine ring is there, in good condition, with good threading, but the socket cut and threaded into the bottom of the barrel is completely stripped out.
I am completely willing to just JB Weld the ring back into the socket, given this is a fairly low-value gun and not of particularly sentimental value. I know a more proper fix is to either drill out and tap the socket and come up with some kind of adapter for the ring's threaded stud (or just replace the barrel), but that is likely too expensive given the value of it.
For the record it is a 34xx serial (dating it to 1937), but has had the left side of the receiver drilled and tapped to add a side-plate style scope mount to it (JC Higgins 4x), which likely decreases value.
Basic picture attached (and no, this is not cleaned at all yet, I have a dozen+ inherited arms from poor storage conditions I'm working my way through before dispersing among family).
Anyone have any advice here? Thanks!
I am completely willing to just JB Weld the ring back into the socket, given this is a fairly low-value gun and not of particularly sentimental value. I know a more proper fix is to either drill out and tap the socket and come up with some kind of adapter for the ring's threaded stud (or just replace the barrel), but that is likely too expensive given the value of it.
For the record it is a 34xx serial (dating it to 1937), but has had the left side of the receiver drilled and tapped to add a side-plate style scope mount to it (JC Higgins 4x), which likely decreases value.
Basic picture attached (and no, this is not cleaned at all yet, I have a dozen+ inherited arms from poor storage conditions I'm working my way through before dispersing among family).
Anyone have any advice here? Thanks!
