Rebuilt sears side x side 12 ga

[mountainbull]

took this old sxs down and rebuilt the stock, repaired the left side hammer and cut it down to 18 1/4" barrel.
I always wanted a coach gun and here it is.

 

[single stack]

Pretty neat old gun.
However, the action is “off face” (not completely closed.) It is not safe to shoot in that condition. The firing pins might not reach the primers, so maybe no bang anyway.
Larry Potterfield from MidwayUSA has a YouTube video on the proper repair procedure.

edited out brain malfunction

 

[candcallen]

Fixing an off face set of barrels....
That's called shimming the hook. Pretty simple gunsmithing procedure. Adding shim stock to the hook till you have to take the slightest bit of metal off the barrels so they close tightly. You need feeler gages, appropriate shim stock a bit of lock tight and some fine files.

Several videos from different folks but Larry Potterfield does a in depth and informative set of videos on fixing common issues with older break open shotguns.

And about every other gunsmith issue imaginable.

All good stuff for down time learning.

 

[mountainbull]

Yep, just a wall hanger

 

[candcallen]

It does not have to be