Project gun complete (finally)

Boll Weevil said:
Southern Sportsman said:
Boll, isn't yours a Fabarm ultra mag lion made by H&K? I think I looked at one before I got my O/U.
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That's correct, SS. Don't know if they did/do or not, but if they were to ever make this gun in a 20ga I'd be all over it for my next project. Run some TSS through that thing and it'd be pure poison. Of course, it'd prolly take me tinkering for another 10 years to finish that one too!

How's your rig coming along?
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Mine is good. I put more work into the ammo than I did the gun, and I don't regret that. When I bought it, I intended to get it dipped in bottomland. I haven't done it yet. The gun has really nice engraving on it which I hate to cover up. And the metal is a matte finish, and it hasn't scared any turkeys off yet. I may eventually get the forearm and stock dipped in bottomland just because I hate the old shadowgrass that came on it from the factory. I'm shooting TSS out of the top barrel with a factory full choke and it's ridiculous what this stuff will do. The bottom barrel I'm shooting 3" lead 6s for 25 yards and under. She's got 5 turkeys and a pile of ducks under her belt since I got it. I'm going to put a better (smaller fiber optic) bead on it, but I doubt I ever put rifle sights or red dot on it because I like to duck hunt with it.
 
Uncle Jesse said:
I'm rough on my turkey gun and want to go cheap but I know the consequences of doing that too.
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SS offered some real good recommendations.

The least expensive I've seen are Stoeger and Tristar but those are some of the guns that I've heard have fit, finish, and POI issues. Some of them are just really rough manufacturing and sloppy tolerances. You might luck into a real gem but it's more likely you get one that will require lots of effort to point and pattern like you want.

And the bores; chrome lined if you can find em. Some bores look like a washboarded gravel road and there's just hardly any way to polish that out without removing way too much metal. The longer the barrel, the longer that abrasion has to do its ill works. A rough bore just flat wrecks a pattern out of a long barreled gun.

If I was starting on one today I might look at a field grade Franchi, CZ, or Mossberg.
 
Boll Weevil said:
SS offered some real good recommendations.

The least expensive I've seen are Stoeger and Tristar but those are some of the guns that I've heard have fit, finish, and POI issues. Some of them are just really rough manufacturing and sloppy tolerances. You might luck into a real gem but it's more likely you get one that will require lots of effort to point and pattern like you want.

And the bores; chrome lined if you can find em. Some bores look like a washboarded gravel road and there's just hardly any way to polish that out without removing way too much metal. The longer the barrel, the longer that abrasion has to do its ill works. A rough bore just flat wrecks a pattern out of a long barreled gun.

If I was starting on one today I might look at a field grade Franchi, CZ, or Mossberg.
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I've been looking at the ones mentioned but also read the bad reviews about them too. I know the bad gets pushed more than the good though. I would like to find one as rugged and dependable as my H&R/NEF single shot guns. I might end up getting a new Red Label when they come out in 20 gauge. I like the way the Rugers open so easy and it would pull double duty as my woodcock (wish they were called something else :blush:) gun.
 
Boll Weevil said:
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Sweet looking rig.... What base are you using? I haven't seen one that mounted to the rib like that....
 
Grizzly Johnson said:
What base are you using?
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It's a B-Square. There's a pair of plates that bolt underneath the rib and then 4 set screws that provide lateral stability against the sides of the rib. Rock-solid.
 
Southern Sportsman said:
I'm going to put a better (smaller fiber optic) bead on it, but I doubt I ever put rifle sights or red dot on it because I like to duck hunt with it.
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I can totally see your point with the duck hunting. Consider this though: it was far easier than I imagined to mount/zero the Fastfire (or at least a rear sight if you don't have one already). If you wanted to, you could just mount it depending on the season.

Just a thought, good luck, and happy hunting.
 

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