You'd be surprised about how many folk's shotguns aren't........
Now is not the time to be cleaning and repairing your shotgun. The end of last hunting season was......
Working on several shotguns that have come in for cleaning/repair in the last 2 weeks....that should have been repaired and cleaned after the season last year. Of course everyone wants a 24 hour turn around.....some will be...some won't be....
2 Remingtons won't be.....waterproof soft cases are for transporting your firearm to and from the hunt. Not for storage under the bed for the last year...closed tight. They are horribly rusty. I will be able to salvage them as working guns, but pretty they will never be again.
Broken pencils for plugs, no O-rings (or so brittle they are falling apart) for the gas piston (on Remingtons), broken extractors, shell latches need restaking, missing sight beads. choke tubes that have never been removed and are now the shits to get out..use grease on the threads....not oil!!! Remove and clean the threads after the season is over.....not the beginning of the next season......I sound like a broken record.......
Don't over oil the trigger mechanisms, it attracts dirt, grime and feathers.....lightly lubed is ok.......
Shotguns will serve you and probably your children and grandchildren if properly maintained and care for.......
Now is not the time to be cleaning and repairing your shotgun. The end of last hunting season was......
Working on several shotguns that have come in for cleaning/repair in the last 2 weeks....that should have been repaired and cleaned after the season last year. Of course everyone wants a 24 hour turn around.....some will be...some won't be....
2 Remingtons won't be.....waterproof soft cases are for transporting your firearm to and from the hunt. Not for storage under the bed for the last year...closed tight. They are horribly rusty. I will be able to salvage them as working guns, but pretty they will never be again.
Broken pencils for plugs, no O-rings (or so brittle they are falling apart) for the gas piston (on Remingtons), broken extractors, shell latches need restaking, missing sight beads. choke tubes that have never been removed and are now the shits to get out..use grease on the threads....not oil!!! Remove and clean the threads after the season is over.....not the beginning of the next season......I sound like a broken record.......
Don't over oil the trigger mechanisms, it attracts dirt, grime and feathers.....lightly lubed is ok.......
Shotguns will serve you and probably your children and grandchildren if properly maintained and care for.......