axeman_g
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http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=184020
Well I completed my move to NJ and was ready to get some gunny things accomplished such as find a clay club, pistol range, good stores and a competent gunsmith to do some work for me on the A5 as I really wanted to leave the detail cleaning and woodwork to a pro.
I was having a great weekend and found pretty much what I had been searching for, except a great pistol range, when I stumbled upon a little shop off the beaten path of a gunsmith named Joseph Winters of Berlin NJ. Looked around his shop and it is mosty stocked with wonderful Elsies, Foxs' and Ithacas, Winchesters and other wonderful shotties. I brough up my Sweet Sixteen project in a converstion and he said to bring it in and he would look it over to see what he could do.
Well, about 15 hours later I walked through his door totting my A5 and the S&W M28 I picked up (wanted to have him do a trigger job on the DA and look into the slightly bent yoke) to see what he could do. Here is the list...
1) Install Limbsaver pad
2) Clear out old oil that had become like a yellow lacquer inside the action.
3) Fix the forearm crack if possible
4) Full cleaning and polishing of all internal pieces
Anyway, he said it would be no problem and have it in about a week. I was shocked at the turn around estimate because most of the work I have had done on guns has taken about 2-4 weeks.
Imagine my total suprise when he called two days later and said everything was complete. I was there in 20 minutes and we went over the shotgun. It looks wonderful, the crack is almost invisible and he shot tested it's strength. The action is very slick right now and the trigger pull is amazingly crisp and light. The wood looks great and I am so happy I did not order new wood from Browning, I really like the older furniture's color and figure. Not spectacular, but a nice reddish color with some dark streaking, and alot of character markings, big splinter on left front end for example. M28 came out great also. He set the rings for low brass rds, as that is the only sixteen I can find now.
Best things was the charges were much less then a new wood set!!! I will post a range report on wed, I am gonna take this little thing to the skeet range and see how it smokes clays.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=184020
Well I completed my move to NJ and was ready to get some gunny things accomplished such as find a clay club, pistol range, good stores and a competent gunsmith to do some work for me on the A5 as I really wanted to leave the detail cleaning and woodwork to a pro.
I was having a great weekend and found pretty much what I had been searching for, except a great pistol range, when I stumbled upon a little shop off the beaten path of a gunsmith named Joseph Winters of Berlin NJ. Looked around his shop and it is mosty stocked with wonderful Elsies, Foxs' and Ithacas, Winchesters and other wonderful shotties. I brough up my Sweet Sixteen project in a converstion and he said to bring it in and he would look it over to see what he could do.
Well, about 15 hours later I walked through his door totting my A5 and the S&W M28 I picked up (wanted to have him do a trigger job on the DA and look into the slightly bent yoke) to see what he could do. Here is the list...
1) Install Limbsaver pad
2) Clear out old oil that had become like a yellow lacquer inside the action.
3) Fix the forearm crack if possible
4) Full cleaning and polishing of all internal pieces
Anyway, he said it would be no problem and have it in about a week. I was shocked at the turn around estimate because most of the work I have had done on guns has taken about 2-4 weeks.
Imagine my total suprise when he called two days later and said everything was complete. I was there in 20 minutes and we went over the shotgun. It looks wonderful, the crack is almost invisible and he shot tested it's strength. The action is very slick right now and the trigger pull is amazingly crisp and light. The wood looks great and I am so happy I did not order new wood from Browning, I really like the older furniture's color and figure. Not spectacular, but a nice reddish color with some dark streaking, and alot of character markings, big splinter on left front end for example. M28 came out great also. He set the rings for low brass rds, as that is the only sixteen I can find now.
Best things was the charges were much less then a new wood set!!! I will post a range report on wed, I am gonna take this little thing to the skeet range and see how it smokes clays.