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| < 16ga. Guns ~ Help with a Beretta 410 SxS |
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Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:45 pm
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Hello everyone,
I own a Beretta 410 SxS 12ga. (circa. 1951), and I would like to re-finish its stock and forend. To that end, I need to remove the stock from the receiver, and I'm struggling with it. The forend was a piece of cake.
I'm having a difficult time removing the trigger group. The bottom plate has been removed. I've tried removing the trigger group/plate with the gun cocked and un-cocked to no avail. The only thing I can think of is the top lever needs to be removed.
Any advice from anyone?
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Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:15 pm
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Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:14 am
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| That's it! Thanks skeettx. |
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Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:53 pm
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Once again gentlemen, if you'll wade in, I'd appreciate it.
Having removed the old finish, I'm ready to oil the stock, except for the miserable hole drilled for a sling mount. I'd like that to be corrected first. Any advice?
Thanks in advance. |
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Wed Jun 28, 2023 3:05 am
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| nshepherd wrote: |
Once again gentlemen, if you'll wade in, I'd appreciate it.
Having removed the old finish, I'm ready to oil the stock, except for the miserable hole drilled for a sling mount. I'd like that to be corrected first. Any advice?
Thanks in advance.
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Most berettas have a butt plate. Remove the butt plat or pad, and using a narrow plug cutter take a short pin of wood. Drill the offending sling hole to a clean edge and then taper down the pin and glue in place to cover and sand flush when dry. The grain direction won’t match, but the wood will finish the same as the rest of the stock.
The other option is to go contrasting and not attempt to match at all. A light or very dark wood plug instead. Even if you get very close with a walnut plug, you’ll always see the repair, an intentionality contrasting repair shows too, but to me sometimes it looks cleaner in the finished result. |
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Wed Jun 28, 2023 3:30 pm
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If you're feeling like really dressing it up, borrow your dog's gnaw bone - the cow femurs are best. With a little hole cutter, cut a plug out of the bone to fit the hole. Use the bone like the wood plug suggested above.
There are a number of gunsmiths who will refuse to work with ivory but are happy to use bone as a substitute. It'll make a nice contrast.
Some prior owner did that in the buttstock of a superb French shotgun I recently purchased. It looks good.
Oh, yeah. Your dog wants the bone back. |
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