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So here is my progress as of tonight. First of all I am unable to remove the forearm because I can not get the screw off. I'm trying, but I'm afraid I'm going to round off the head of the screw. If anyone has any suggestion on how to get it off please let me know. For now I will work around as best as I can with the hope of eventually getting if off so that I can properly work with the barrel. I am a total novice at this, so feel free with offering advice so that I may limit my mistakes.

So I worked on this tonight for less than an hour and here are the results so far.

Before picture of the left side of the receiver.

The same receiver after a little bit of oiling and steel wool #0000

 

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TurnBull? or are ya doing it yerself?

I'm not familiar with the term Turnbull, but I'm going to do as much of it myself as I can.

 

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The right side of the receiver. It doesn't look as good as the left side at the moment, and I'm not sure if you can tell the progress in the picture compared to the start. It is definitely better and I can easily read the model number on the lower side of the receiver.

Now for the barrel, I started working on the barrel from the muzzle to the forearm.

From the forearm towards the breech. I can tell a difference between the two, but not sure if it comes out in the picture.

 

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Thanks Drm50. Came off just like you said. I think you are going to be my go to guy on this project!!

 

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Here are some more pictures of the barrel after breaking it down following Drm50's instructions.

 

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TurnBull Restoration and MFG. they do really good work on restoring old firearms.
They could CCH and reblue and fix internals of the firearm making it look like it walked out of the mercantile store back in the day.

I'll have to look them up, but if I went that route I would probably try to find some one local that could do it. Still I doubt I want to spend the amount of money that would be required to that professionally.

 

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Drm50, did these shotguns have a bluing or some other type of finish on the barrels?

 

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So, you recommend bluing the gun so I will need to get all the rust and other stuff off the barrel. What about using naval jelly for that? Also, should I bore clean the barrel first or do that after getting the interior done?

 

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I haven't gotten a good look into the bore yet, but what would one suggest using for a shot gun that has been sitting that long?

 

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Sorry guys, I haven't been able to do anything on this project. If you are not aware the Houston area had severe rain and flooding starting late Sunday evening into early Monday afternoon. Unfortunately one of my cousins was a victim of the floods also. Hopeful I'll be able to get back to it soon.