I had to reshape the handle with a bench grinder and drill out and reshape the pocket where it attaches to the bolt body. I really need to start ta king before and after pics.
Here is a Charles Daly .22lr that lived in hunting camp for about 10 years. I broke off the bolt handle at my friends house several years back. I left it in his garage and forgot about it. Fast forward to last year, and he brought it back to me in the pile of parts I left it in. Most of the work...
I don’t think this project is a good case study on time. This was a “basket case” by every definition. I fiddled with “ungluing” the forearm from the barrel w/o damaging the wood for at least 20 man hours spread across several months. All of the metal was covered in rust and the factory mud...
I stripped everything down. Soldered a new barrel lug on the barrel. The stock and forend are getting hand rubbed oil finish. I am rebluing the barrel. I also made a custom recoil pad. He has 2 grandsons on the way. This is a really good friend who has helped my family many times. My labor time...
Thank you sir. This is my first shotgun “refurb” - I hate to break unobtainable parts. This is an older H&R 20ga, case colored receiver ejectors, to nice of a piece of Americana to be glued together with Liquid Nails!!!!