+stonedimaculate1983 If I were to do mine over again, I would do one thing different. Instead of filling the area between the barrels with J.B. Weld, I would put stainless steel wool in the hole, add some flux, and fill it with solder. I think it would look much better in the end. Did you order your shotgun from Simpson LTD?
I have an old 16 gauge damascas steel double barrell shotty ,, nice looking gun but my ex girlfriend was moving it with one hand when I told her to use 2 and didnt ,,, she dropped it and it hit a corner molding and put a dent in one of the barrells,, Because its damascas all the smiths I called to repair it didnt want to becuse they cant guarantee the steel wont split/crack so I am going to just shorten the barrels , its at least 100 years old and have never shot it anyway ,, but that dent is hard not to see
I've heard if you don't recrown the muzzle you can get stress cracks at the muzzle. I cut a couple down and was careful to recrown mostly just by using sandpaper wrapped around my thumb, which is tedious but not terrible. Any problem with cracks since this mod?
None so far. While I trimmed a lot of it out of the video just for brevity's sake, I did show myself cleaning up the muzzle, first with a file, then sandpaper. If issues arise, I will absolutely keep everyone informed.
Yeah, Canada's weird. We can have shorter barrels if they were made that way from the start. I could go out and buy an 870 with an 8" barrel, but I can't cut my own shorter than 18". Go figure.
I always thought that the legal limit for the barrel length of any shotgun was anything over 18in? Not anything over 18.5in? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
@@webster7710 No problem. You did a great job on that double barrel shotgun. Considering taking my New Stoeger 410 coach gun from 20 inches to 18.5 inches. Wonderingif it's worth the effort. Who am I kidding! I'm probably going to do it! Lol! (I love a good project!) Thanks for the vid. Good job! Stay safe and healthy. Peace
Dude, i don't recommand you to shoot it. Any stress cracks and ammo heavier than 32G(optimistic), you probably fuck your hand and have a metal flower at the other one...
Yeah, I do generally stick to light loads, because it's an old gun and I don't want to beat it up unneccesarily. I'm not afraid to shoot it, though, and have brought it out hunting many times. Is there something you noticed about this gun in particular that makes you say that?
its 18" 18 1/2" is on a semi-auto
You're right. I realized that after uploading and have been meaning to add an annotation. Thanks for the reminder.
webster7710 I just finished my project. so I was just reading the rules when I saw ur video
When you use the type of miter saw you used, cut against the wall away from you. Then you don't need a clamp.
"Atf has joined the group chat" *sees its over 18"* "the atf has left the group chat"
Buffalo arms makes a light black powder load great patterns just the cleaning is more intense. Smokeless is ok with light bird/trap loads
Man I’m thinking of doing this to my coach gun but it looks so beautiful the way it is lol, maybe I’ll try it with my single shot
Haha I know what you mean. I like them both ways.
I happened to have just bought one of these Belgian doubles for the exact same project. Funny to pop on UA-cam, and see someone doing the same thing.
Douglas Henderson Nice! They make great project guns. Mechanically solid, and fun to work on. Good luck with yours!
+Douglas Henderson I got one coming in the mail right now to do the same.
+stonedimaculate1983 If I were to do mine over again, I would do one thing different. Instead of filling the area between the barrels with J.B. Weld, I would put stainless steel wool in the hole, add some flux, and fill it with solder. I think it would look much better in the end. Did you order your shotgun from Simpson LTD?
Douglas Henderson im gona use steel wool and a either solder or a mig
+Douglas Henderson never heard of simpson gona have to look them up
Looking down two barrels always shuts the biggest of mouths up !!!!!!
I have an old 16 gauge damascas steel double barrell shotty ,, nice looking gun but my ex girlfriend was moving it with one hand when I told her to use 2 and didnt ,,, she dropped it and it hit a corner molding and put a dent in one of the barrells,, Because its damascas all the smiths I called to repair it didnt want to becuse they cant guarantee the steel wont split/crack so I am going to just shorten the barrels , its at least 100 years old and have never shot it anyway ,, but that dent is hard not to see
Soon the Commies in Canada will outlaw Hack Saws....Trump 2020
I filled the end in and put a new bead on it
I've heard if you don't recrown the muzzle you can get stress cracks at the muzzle. I cut a couple down and was careful to recrown mostly just by using sandpaper wrapped around my thumb, which is tedious but not terrible. Any problem with cracks since this mod?
None so far. While I trimmed a lot of it out of the video just for brevity's sake, I did show myself cleaning up the muzzle, first with a file, then sandpaper. If issues arise, I will absolutely keep everyone informed.
Waht were the choke sizes after you docked the barrel compared to the original choke sizes? Many thanks!
They were originally full chokes, after cutting they are cylinder bore.
Gotta love nz, you can have any legnth, just as long as overall is 30 inches, you can have 14" coach guns
Yeah, Canada's weird. We can have shorter barrels if they were made that way from the start. I could go out and buy an 870 with an 8" barrel, but I can't cut my own shorter than 18". Go figure.
Australia too
I always thought that the legal limit for the barrel length of any shotgun was
anything over 18in? Not anything over 18.5in?
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
No, you're right, it's 18" in this case. 18.5" is only for semiautos. I had an annotation correcting myself but UA-cam got rid of those.
@@webster7710
No problem.
You did a great job on that double barrel shotgun.
Considering taking my New Stoeger 410 coach gun from 20 inches
to 18.5 inches.
Wonderingif it's worth the effort.
Who am I kidding!
I'm probably going to do it! Lol!
(I love a good project!)
Thanks for the vid.
Good job!
Stay safe and healthy.
Peace
How long did it take to cut with the hack saw?
Not long. A few minutes, maybe. I just edited most of it out because it's not that interesting.
@@webster7710 thanks. Being in my 60’s I don’t have as much elbow grease as I used to lol
@@webster7710 I finished hacksawing it-took between 30 to 40 minutes because I rested three times between cuts. But it came out great at 19” inches
@@RKO1978 Perfect! Glad to hear you got it done.
One more question I noticed a slight angle on my cut . How do you square it Thanks again
Peccato ! In Italia proibito tagliarle ....bisogna rifare bancatura!
Nice job.
Thank you!
does it still shoot to point of aim?
It does indeed.
Just buy a 20 inch gun . Your ruining that gun .
Is to big! I like more my little shotgun, is really short but does a huge damage 🔥🔥🔥⚡🔫⚔🗡🗡🗡🗡
The gun barrel is made up of iron or steel
Steel.
😱er zerstört das alte Gewehr 🤷
Если 40 см. оставил то нормально
Это 50.8 см.
Dude, i don't recommand you to shoot it. Any stress cracks and ammo heavier than 32G(optimistic), you probably fuck your hand and have a metal flower at the other one...
Yeah, I do generally stick to light loads, because it's an old gun and I don't want to beat it up unneccesarily. I'm not afraid to shoot it, though, and have brought it out hunting many times. Is there something you noticed about this gun in particular that makes you say that?
Get the atf $200 stamp and cuttem off down to 6 inches if ya want😉
I'm in Canada. There's no legal way to cut a barrel shorter than 18". We can buy them shorter, just can't cut them ourselves.
anyone in Canada is 19
kids ..do not try this at home..
I'm what you call an "expert".
@@webster7710 not doing it that way your not....
@@robaldridge6505 That was supposed to be a joke, but Ok.
It worked. Feel free to do it another way if you prefer.
@@webster7710 a joke ???? doing a 1/2 assed job is a JOKE ???
@@robaldridge6505 Referring to myself as an expert was a joke. What part was half assed?
What a stupid thing to do.
Why?
@@webster7710
That's what I want to know, I'm here because I'm about to cut my dbl barrel down, great video 👍
@@mrgallagher7072 Thank you :D
There is no value to these shotguns other than the fun factor
So they do have a value......