Sears Ranger 5000 rebuild
- Thread starter CaddmannQ
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@CaddmannQ , here it be sir. I really hope you have more pix.....I have an old Stevens sxs 12g that needs serious help....the stock might need replacing. Nice job on yours by the way.
that set of "X's" there is an old repair trick.
The piece that goes on top of it will have some too.....its a place for the glue to have recess and set
ETA: You were on it, I should have read further
@John A. .......LOL.....killed animals......
Well I went with it but I made them bigger and deeper and they weren't X's. I got some huge notches deep into the unblemished Walnut to give the epoxy some purchase on the wood. Basically I tripled the surface area of the old glue joint & created Cross Planes so that shear stress would not be unrestrained in any direction.
you can see the first round of bedding where the action gets into the stock.
This was the thickest bedding & contained glass fiber
Then I taped everything off and mixed up the fiberglass + epoxy and went to town.
you can see the first round of bedding where the action gets into the stock.
This was the thickest bedding & contained glass fiber
Then I taped everything off and mixed up the fiberglass + epoxy and went to town.
I packed on a lot of that excess and then shaved it down by hand. I was hoping to make it dense enough to avoid voids. I succeeded Almost 100%. Patches came out very dense and solid.
Here is a better view of the initial bedding.
The stock was eroded and cracked right around that bolt hole.
I sealed up the cracks with Crazy Glue as well as possible by opening up the crotch of the stock a little bit with a clamp, filling the crack and then clamping it back tight.
Here is a better view of the initial bedding.
The stock was eroded and cracked right around that bolt hole.
I sealed up the cracks with Crazy Glue as well as possible by opening up the crotch of the stock a little bit with a clamp, filling the crack and then clamping it back tight.
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Well the pictures are coming out kind of out of order, but you still have a good idea of what I did here.
I have to say I am really impressed with how tight this old gun feels.
When I checked it I found one part of the barrel, close to the muzzle, that was only .062" thick. The book says it's OK down to about 0.040" so I guess that's not too thin.
Clearly this gun was sawed off, as there are absolutely no chokes left, and the pattern at 30 yards is huge. Over 12 inches dia.
Also the barrels do not touch at the muzzles. There's nearly a quarter inch between them which is filled up with solder or epoxy and painted. I can't tell which and I haven't dug into it yet.
Probably no need. I shot a dozen rounds through it and I don't see any evidence of cracking or other problems.
The rear bead is broken off and I don't know if the stub was threaded or pressed in. I was going to try and drill it tonight & stick in a tiny easy out.
I have to say I am really impressed with how tight this old gun feels.
When I checked it I found one part of the barrel, close to the muzzle, that was only .062" thick. The book says it's OK down to about 0.040" so I guess that's not too thin.
Clearly this gun was sawed off, as there are absolutely no chokes left, and the pattern at 30 yards is huge. Over 12 inches dia.
Also the barrels do not touch at the muzzles. There's nearly a quarter inch between them which is filled up with solder or epoxy and painted. I can't tell which and I haven't dug into it yet.
Probably no need. I shot a dozen rounds through it and I don't see any evidence of cracking or other problems.
The rear bead is broken off and I don't know if the stub was threaded or pressed in. I was going to try and drill it tonight & stick in a tiny easy out.
I started working on the action of this gun because I was having a random misfire on the left chamber.
Anyhow I started a new thread forgetting that this one existed, but this was mostly wood work and so here's the new thread about the action.
http://mossbergowners.com/forum/ind...-the-stevens-gets-stripped.16414/#post-228571
Anyhow I started a new thread forgetting that this one existed, but this was mostly wood work and so here's the new thread about the action.
http://mossbergowners.com/forum/ind...-the-stevens-gets-stripped.16414/#post-228571