Receiver repairable?

[Tobias morton]

Dean, that’s what happened. The blowback blew a piece of the stock off.
The stock was repaired but I do t have enough knowledge about the hammer and workings of doubles to know what’s ok to live with and what needs to be addressed.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

It won't be a prohibitively costly repair. I say get kit fixed before you fire it again. The blowback into the frame from a pierced primer can blow out a chunk of the head of the stock.

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A now deceased friend was over at the Gunclub a few years back shooting a Fox Sterlingworth with Gaugemates in it shooting 410’s . He pierced a primer and as you said blew a chunk out .

[Woodcock survey]

OP in post number 7 says the primer pierced one time. Is that amount of erosion consistent with that? Along with the firing pin hole being badly eroded also along the rim edge and whole face.I have had pierced primers that did no damage like that. It seems to me the damage is too severe for a one time thing with no other damage.

[edgarspencer]

Exactly, Dan. Old, corrosive primer residue, not cleaned, is like cancer to steel.

[Tobias morton]

This gun sat for a very long time, I received from an old friend who passed away about 15 years ago from old age. It sat under his stairs for many years. And It hasn’t been shot for about 8 years but I want to get it looked at and assessed by someone who knows, so thanks for everything you fellas are adding.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Daniel Carter

OP in post number 7 says the primer pierced one time. Is that amount of erosion consistent with that? Along with the firing pin hole being badly eroded also along the rim edge and whole face.I have had pierced primers that did no damage like that. It seems to me the damage is too severe for a one time thing with no other damage.

It sure looks like it happened a lot more than once.




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[Tobias morton]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

It sure looks like it happened a lot more than once.




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Your probably right about it happening more than once but most of that I would agree is from corrosion sitting with a shell in place for a very long time.

[Woodcock survey]

Thank you Edgar, never thought of that. It sat for a while eating away at it.

[Bill Murphy]

I admit that's the worst erosion I have ever seen. However we would still like to see the face of the firing pin.

[Tobias morton]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I admit that's the worst erosion I have ever seen. However we would still like to see the face of the firing pin.

The best I have of that is in post #14 above. Thanks.