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Turkey Guns & Shooting => Turkey Guns => Topic started by: jerf on March 13, 2014, 07:12:30 PM

Title: Drill and tap
Post by: jerf on March 13, 2014, 07:12:30 PM
Local gunsmith told me he could drill and tap my h/r topper 12 gauge safely, he is going down through the chamber and going to use red locktight to make it permanit is this ok, pretty sure he would not risk his livly hood.
Title: Re: Drill and tap
Post by: Crappiepro on March 13, 2014, 07:36:54 PM
It's fine if it's gonna be perminant.
You need to heat that area up to break it loose if ever decide to do so. This will save you from stripping out the screw heads.
Title: Re: Drill and tap
Post by: jerf on March 13, 2014, 08:56:24 PM
Thanks for your reply, really like this gun. Has changable chokes and is mossyoak original bottomland.
Title: Re: Drill and tap
Post by: jerf on March 13, 2014, 08:57:35 PM
Getting a bushnell trs-25 put on it.
Title: Re: Drill and tap
Post by: jerf on March 13, 2014, 10:49:38 PM
No one else has any advice?
Title: Re: Drill and tap
Post by: SumToy on March 14, 2014, 01:08:06 AM
I would ask him to try not to into the chamber.  I have seen it cut holes in the shell before.  Now if he lets the screw go into and sands it flus with the inside of the chamber you should be fine. 
Title: Re: Drill and tap
Post by: jerf on March 14, 2014, 01:48:25 PM
He said he would file them flush.
Title: Re: Drill and tap
Post by: jerf on March 21, 2014, 10:53:59 PM
 :D Got my gun back today and could not be happier, Gunsmith did a great job.