I've painted several. I'll be switching to AHII on the next.
A post from last year:
Been out in the shop all day working on a project....
My cousin gave me his old 870 that he?d killed several turkeys with years ago as well as a pile of ducks. He wanted to know if I could make a good turkey rig out of it for him to use as a back-up to his newer 870SM Sure Shot. I said sure and thus leads us to project ?Pimp my 870???
1st a pic of the beater in it?s original condition:
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010038-2.jpg)
I started this morning by removing the tape and completely disassembling the gun. Note the rust and residue from the tape:
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010042-2.jpg)
I used stripper to remove the residue, cleaned with alcohol, then steel wool and another wipe down with alcohol. I then cleaned every internal part with powder blaster. There were nics here and there I smoothed out with a dremel. The rib was bent between the posts in one spot, so I straightened it as well. The bead looked like it had a battle with concrete, so I rounded it back off. Now it was time to start pimping......
Time to prime(3 coats):
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010045-1.jpg)
Painted the trigger guard, bolt, and mag cap matte blck(3 coats):
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010050.jpg)
The rest involved mix and match parts from another gun that had been tricked out as well.
B Square mount before:
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010049-2.jpg)
B-Square after a diet:
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010052.jpg)
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010054-1.jpg)
Polish the bbl:
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010051.jpg)
Tiger stripe:
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010059.jpg)
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010063.jpg)
Turkey tracks, something Deacon and I were chatting about a while back and I figured it would go nicely with this rig and give it a unique look:
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010061.jpg)
Clear coated everything and assembled.
Bsqaure after finish:
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010075.jpg)
Bsqaure after finish:
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010075.jpg)
Rem TH stock and fore arm with a Sims LS recoil pad:
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010068.jpg)
Also added a Nikon 2-7x32 Shotgun scope and a Kick?s GT 665. Here?s the finished product:
![](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/Reloader7RM/01010078.jpg)