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Unread 07-14-2010, 05:41 PM   #1
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Ok, newbie here. Hope the site will let load some pix. I scaled them down so as not to be too huge of files.
After 35 years of criminal neglect, I wish to resurrect this Ole Gal for some runs at the local sporting clay course.
I must say the camera REALLY brings out the flaws, I think the pictures make it look worse than in person.
I have NO idea why, but it looks like someone may have drilled a hole straight through the stock above the trigger and has a poor patch job to boot.
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Anyway, I live in Winston Salem, have no real gun restoration skills although I am fairly handy in most things. Curious the cost to clean her up and take her to the sporting clay prom.
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The hole was drilled to install a screw or some such to fix a stock that was split at the head and spreading. If everything seems tight up there, ignore the appearance of the repair. You might fabricate a piece to join the two pieces of buttplate. Don't be afraid to glue everything in place to the stock. You should not have to get in there again. Just seal the end grain of the stock against moisture before gluing everything together. Otherwise, the gun looks great, better than the Parker I use for sporting clays. I don't see any signs of criminal neglect.
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What is the feeling about something like...this
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I believe that those butt plates are made of plastic, original Trojan butt plates were made from hard rubber. Galazan has hard rubber reproductions and it's your lucky day as they're on sale.

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That buttplate from Tony is going to require fitting and trimming to go on a 20 gauge. Make sure your hole spacing is correct. Good luck.
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Reproduction buttplates are made of plastic and are far more prone to cracking and breaking than originals which are "hard rubber" (gutta percha).
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Is there one known to fit that isn't like the OEM but fits the T 20ga well? Just in case I goof a trim job.
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No such thing as a repro buttplate that fits. Sorry. Just don't buy plastic.
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Ok, guess I had better do well the first time.
Has anyone with an original bothered to make a stencil for the rest of us?
If not, I shall make one of a successful trim job butt plate.
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