Show your pump action shotguns...

[Jonnyuma]

I understand that wood stocks can cost more and may even take more work to make and install...but really...?

For sure it's more of a process than squeezing out synthetic stocks by the millions. Plus the fore end/action bars require more parts which helps account for some of the added cost.

It's easy enough to buy and retrofit a syn stock M500 w factory wooden furniture, but by the time you gather all the pieces it costs about the same as just buying wood from the git-go.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Kinda off topic...but its my thread so nener , nener...
But a Mossberg 590 Mariner or Remington Marine Magnum with walnut or wood stocks would be neat and different...
Andy

 

[titsonritz]

my rather wacky Super Shorty in 12 at the bottom.

Is that an SBS?

 

[CountryGent]

Is that an SBS?

It is a NFA registered Any Other Weapon. It has a short 6½" barrel.

 

[Roundball58]

Never really thought to take pictures of a pump gun so you can barely see it. 20 ga 870 Wingmaster built on the 12 ga frame. Bought it back in 82 from the Mather AFB Rod and Gun Club. Came with two barrels, a 28" modified and a 25" skeet barrel. Put a Jack West adjustable stock on it which has gotten pretty dinged up from all the bird hunting. The original wood is still sitting in a box. Shot a lot of birds and a lot of clays with it.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I like those old 870 20 gauges on the 12 gauge frame...
Mine is pictured earlier in this thread.
Thanks for sharing yours
Andy

 

[The Heretic]

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I haven't shot a Shockwave , yet...
They look like fun.
Andy

 

[The Heretic]

I haven't shot a Shockwave , yet...
They look like fun.
Andy

I have two of them - the "Marine" one with a brace and one without. I've shot 2.75" buckshot and while you know you are shooting a light short shotgun it isn't bad. I've shot worse.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

That is good to hear...I have been tempted by them for sure...
Andy

 

[HA556]

Just ordered and now waiting for it to arrive. Mossberg 590 Nightstick +120 rounds of Aguila Minishells in 00 buck.

 

[Ownerus]

....
My Remington 870 Wingmaster , 1962
20 gauge , 28 inch barrel and Modified choke......
Andy

I have the slightly newer version of that given to me by Dad for Christmas, 1966.
And his big brother 12ga that Dad got for himself shortly after so we could hunt together. Sadly, not long after, his health began to fail so it didn't see much use and remains pretty pristine. My 20ga is almost as clean for the same reason. Plus, I'm more inclined to treat my guns like a micrometer than a claw hammer.

The Jap Arisaka Dad sent home at the end of the war prompted an interest in martial arms so along the way I picked up an original Winchester 1897 Trench gun in pretty good shape.

 

[JeremyK]

Ok, so finally got my JC Higgins model 20 project done, thanks to @NWCustomFirearms for an awesome finish on the steel.

A little backstory: picked this JC Higgins model 20 up a few years ago for $100. The finish was pretty much bare metal, the barrel had been bubba'd to 18.75" and the stock was a dorky pistol grip. Decided I wanted to make it shine again. Got the stock and the buttpad on ebay. Sanded the stock and the pump down to bare wood and stained them dark cherry. Polished all the internals, to include the magazine follower (which was steel, thank God). Wanted a 7 round mag tube (the original is a 5 rounder) so I ordered a 7 round mossberg mag tube and spring. This was the most frustrating part, as I wanted the extra length for the extra shells, so I had to carefully measure, cut and weld the mag tube so that the tube would somewhat match the barrel length (it doesn't quite, but what can you do?)

Anyways, got the mag tube welded back together, with all the original JC Higgins components still in place. Then I disassembled it all, took it all to NW Custom firearms and had it durakoted (cerakoted?) Sniper gray, because that was the closest color to parkerized gray.

TIG welded a little tab to the barrel band to act as a sling mount, added a 1903 Enfield sling mount to the stock, and looped a leather sling on.

Ultimately, I spent a LOT more money making her pretty than what I bought her for, but dammit does she look like a new scatter gun! And of course, I have to wait a month to shoot her since I leave for BLC tomorrow...

PS: the pics don't do her justice...

 

[NWCustomFirearms]

That turned out awesome!

 

[JeremyK]

That turned out awesome!

Hell yes it did. Thanks again!!!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Ok, so finally got my JC Higgins model 20 project done, thanks to @NWCustomFirearms for an awesome finish on the steel.

A little backstory: picked this JC Higgins model 20 up a few years ago for $100. The finish was pretty much bare metal, the barrel had been bubba'd to 18.75" and the stock was a dorky pistol grip. Decided I wanted to make it shine again. Got the stock and the buttpad on ebay. Sanded the stock and the pump down to bare wood and stained them dark cherry. Polished all the internals, to include the magazine follower (which was steel, thank God). Wanted a 7 round mag tube (the original is a 5 rounder) so I ordered a 7 round mossberg mag tube and spring. This was the most frustrating part, as I wanted the extra length for the extra shells, so I had to carefully measure, cut and weld the mag tube so that the tube would somewhat match the barrel length (it doesn't quite, but what can you do?)

Anyways, got the mag tube welded back together, with all the original JC Higgins components still in place. Then I disassembled it all, took it all to NW Custom firearms and had it durakoted (cerakoted?) Sniper gray, because that was the closest color to parkerized gray.

TIG welded a little tab to the barrel band to act as a sling mount, added a 1903 Enfield sling mount to the stock, and looped a leather sling on.

Ultimately, I spent a LOT more money making her pretty than what I bought her for, but dammit does she look like a new scatter gun! And of course, I have to wait a month to shoot her since I leave for BLC tomorrow...

PS: the pics don't do her justice...

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Very cool shotgun...thank you for sharing.
Nothing like bringing an old gun back to life...
As for the cost...yeah it may have more than the dollar value of the gun , but...what the gun is worth to you now , 'cause its what you want , is priceless.
Andy

 

[HA556]

Yeah, that's a pretty sweet looking girl right there! Congrats on all the work and how she turned out!

 

[HA556]

Bamm Bamm made it home today.

 

[zenbreath]

Andy's one of them respectable HS teachers by day that sneaks into the school during summertime when schools out and and has a cigarette listening to Motley Crüe playing "Smokin' in the boys room".

Uhhhh......dont you mean Brownsville Station?

 

[No_Regerts]

Pretty boring, but she's mean. Mossberg 590, 18.5 barrel, extension, GG&G side saddle, Butler Creek Mountain Sling, 13 00 Buck in the tube and in the saddle. I also have two 20-shell bandoliers with various loads.