I bought a mossberg maverick about 10 yrs ago for duck hunting out of a kayak and man the ole gal saw some hard times. She has been rained on, stuck in the mud, sunk in the water, dropped in the sand and no telling what else. She never complained and has dropped many unsuspecting birds. I never really took care of it, just coats of wd40 and spray paint to hide the scars. Well I don't live on the coast any more and it's just been sitting in the closet for awhile so I decided it was time for a rebuild. I don't have a pic of the before but the paint scheme can be seen on the barrel below. (Pretty awful, I know...)
I decided to make her a dedicated under the back seat shorty. I measured off 18.5" of barrel and wrapped the barrel in a hose clamp and broke out the hacksaw and files.
After cutting the barrel down I cleaned up the saw marks and touched up the crown.
Next it was off to the sand blaster to get the years blasted off.
Since this is a budget build I used what I could fine for paint, which turned out to be a reddish brown primer that covered really well, I also hit the stock and forearm with some krylon.
I may end up sending the barrel off to be threaded for choke tubes to increase the versatility. While I had it torn apart I cleaned and scrubbed all the internals. Like always Shea's not the prettiest gal on the block but it will do what it's always done and accompany me through the nasty stuff chasing some sort of critter.
Total time in the project was about 4hrs, and zero dollars invested, overall I'm very happy and looking forward to shooting it.
I decided to make her a dedicated under the back seat shorty. I measured off 18.5" of barrel and wrapped the barrel in a hose clamp and broke out the hacksaw and files.
After cutting the barrel down I cleaned up the saw marks and touched up the crown.
Next it was off to the sand blaster to get the years blasted off.
Since this is a budget build I used what I could fine for paint, which turned out to be a reddish brown primer that covered really well, I also hit the stock and forearm with some krylon.
I may end up sending the barrel off to be threaded for choke tubes to increase the versatility. While I had it torn apart I cleaned and scrubbed all the internals. Like always Shea's not the prettiest gal on the block but it will do what it's always done and accompany me through the nasty stuff chasing some sort of critter.
Total time in the project was about 4hrs, and zero dollars invested, overall I'm very happy and looking forward to shooting it.
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