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Looking for a Gunsmith
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01/02/13 01:38 AM
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StrosFan
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My son shot some bad shells in his Remington 887 12 ga. and caused the barrel to swell at the end, cracking the Black Armour coating as well. I was wondering if there are any close to the Lufkin/Nacogdoches area that could cut the barrel down 4-4 1/2", retap the barrel to accept the Rem Chokes? Remington wants almost as much for the barrel as the gun cost!!! If anyone knows of anyone please LMK. Thanks
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Re: Looking for a Gunsmith
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01/03/13 08:20 AM
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Anyone know of someone around D/FW? He will be going that way next week to work for a while...
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Re: Looking for a Gunsmith
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01/03/13 08:36 AM
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You are talking about almost $250 worth of work. How much is a new Rem barrel?
You could buy a pipe cutter and do it yourself sans the refit of the tapping.
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Re: Looking for a Gunsmith
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01/03/13 08:05 PM
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JRayD2
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Try Panther City Firearms in Fort Worth. They have done some great work for me. Here is their address and phone #:
3025 Lackland Road, Fort Worth, TX 76116 (817) 731-2065
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Re: Looking for a Gunsmith
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01/05/13 07:14 AM
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Roo, the barrel is $245 + tx and shipping... Hadn't thought of that... I'll check into that...
jray, Thanks! I'll pass it along to him... and see what we can come up with...
If anyone has any other suggestions, I'm open!!!
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Re: Looking for a Gunsmith
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01/01/20 09:29 PM
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wsjaxIV
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I think a large part of your consideration should pertain to how your son uses the shotgun. If it's for waterfowl, goose, turkey, etc. then one might argue that the performance of the gun will be greatly affected by removing 4 1/2" of the barrel. It might be worth it to buy the new barrel. Good luck.
"The world is littered with the bodies of people that tried to stick it to ole J.R."
J.R. Ewing, 1981
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