Ugly Gun auction rebuild #1

[Brazos Hunter]

I was going to wait until I completed the project but I wanted to give you a taste of what's been going on. Thorthunder donated a Mossberg Model 190, 16g. I will do my best to document its progress and what all I'm doing to it. Pics and details to follow.

~Michael

[Brazos Hunter]

Here's a picture of it as I received it.



I disassembled it an started with repairing the cracked stock...

[Langston32]

I will be following this^^^^

[slayer]

Sweet, following along. Used to shoot one just like it.

[Brazos Hunter]

The first pic shows the crack.

I opened the crack so I can get good, even glue coverage


With the crack glued I clamped it and set it aside for two days to cure

[Brazos Hunter]

I then removed the bolt from the barrel


Next I broke the bolt down


Then it was time to scrub it down good. I soaked it in carb cleaner then washed it with hot soapy water. I blew it dry, sprayed the inside with RemOil the hit the outside with turtle wax.

[Brazos Hunter]

I then stripped the barrel down. It had a little surface rust and some slight pitting so I sprayed it down with EasyOff to remove all the rust. I then washed it with hot soapy water followed by a good rub down with 2000 grit wet sand paper. I washed it again and blew it dry.

[Brazos Hunter]

Here's a pic of the stripped barrel

[Brazos Hunter]

Then I put the first of a minimum of five coats of blue.

[Brazos Hunter]

Will post more pics and details as work is performed. I did sneak out to the shop last night, removed the clamps from the stock and hit it lightly with some sandpaper. This is going to be one SWEET 16!

[txbonecollector]

Nice

[Brazos Hunter]

BTW, I ordered several little parts for her earlier this week so maybe they will be in by the time I'm ready for them.

~Michael

[Johnny Dangerr]

Good work sir.

[TexasBob]

Looking Good. I would appreciate some details on what you use to blue the barrel and the process.

[Brazos Hunter]

Looking Good. I would appreciate some details on what you use to blue the barrel and the process.

I use Blue Wonder and follow the directions to the letter.