Barry the Bear
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One of our fellow members has a gorgeous 520 takedown that is his truck gun, my question is , is there any current makers that attempt to do that today?
well thats a shame, I wouldnt want to buy an older one and have it cut down but it looks like I may have to do just that.Takedown shotguns pretty much went the way of the horse & buggy.
When there was an actual need for them.
The older guns like the Winchester Model 97, and Model 12, as well as the Stevens and others were old school designs that used the receiver as the actual locking surface for the bolt to engage.
More modern designs are much cheaper to manufacture.
And almost without exception use a barrel extension for the bolt to lock into.
That requires the barrel so slide off the mag tube, and out of the receiver to take the barrel off.
So, you are left with a take-down shotgun, but one with the mag tube permanently attached to the receiver.
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thanks for posting that link! That was a gorgeous weapon.With the capabilities of CNC machining, it should be relatively easy to replicate a takedown design along the lines of the 620, if any manufacturer decided to do so. An update of the internal design would be timely as well, to make it easier for the average user to maintain.
After all, the takedown design JMB used was based on the Burgess Folding Police Shotgun of the 1890s... if we could do it then, we should be able to do it now.
http://nramuseum.org/the-museum/the...justice/burgess-slide-action-folding-gun.aspx
I wouldn't just cut one down, it has to be one with a damaged barrel or one with a barrel wart on it(polychoke, cutts comp.).
There are just so many of those older guns and if in good shape, should be kept that way.
Too many cheaper pumps being made today that can be converted.
Takedown shotguns pretty much went the way of the horse & buggy.