Friday, March 22, 2013

Boito O/U 12GA Action

So let the work begin! The inside is as rough as the outside.
The two spring sections had been added to the hammer spring on one side, maybe to equal out the mammoth 15 lb trigger pull.

Upper firing pin and keeper. Note how steep the angle is.

Lower firing pin

You can see by the angle of the firing pin, when the hammer hits it, it's going to have a hard time going in. 
What no firing pin in the upper barrel?  The one cocking pin is bound, making it hard to cock open. 

Here you can see the damage done on one side from the stuck cocking pin.

Left is the lower barrel hammer and right is upper.  You can see the damage to the hammer as the firing pin angle got steeper and steeper until it broke.

Upper firing pin on top is missing the smaller tapered end, so I know this is not a working gun like I was told.

 Fore stock was shimed with tape and all the bluing was gone.


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