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Handguns, Rifles & Shotguns => Shotguns => Topic started by: bkoenig on December 26, 2010, 11:15:40 AM
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Can anyone recommend someone locally who can cut down a Mossberg 930 barrel and rethread it for the original choke tubes? I picked one up for dirt cheap to use for 3 Gun, but the barrel is ported which would bump me into open class. I'd like to cut it down just in front of the porting and rethread it.
I was going to go with an 1100 but I found a killer deal on a brand new 930 that I couldn't pass up. I've ready Benny Hill and Jerry Miculek are running the 930 now, so apparently it can be made into a decent competition gun.
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Might it be easier to just get another barrel?
found this one in a search, would something like this work?
http://www.glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1286389 (http://www.glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1286389)
BTW, this is who I thought of when you said "Benny Hill"
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00447/news-graphics-2007-_447472a.jpg)
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Ha! I missed your reply earlier. Every time I hear about Benny Hill the gunsmith/3 gun guru I start hearing Yakety Sax go through my head. I spent many an evening watching that show with my Grandpa. Probably explains some things about how I turned out.
That barrel would work, but I want one threaded for chokes so I might as well just cut and thread the one I have. I've seen guys have problems knocking over steel with a cylinder bore gun. Plus, I'd like to stay a little longer than 18.5. Cutting my barrel before the ports will get me to 22". The big problem is that Mossberg doesn't offer unported 930 barrels except in 18.5".
I picked up the gun a few days ago but haven't had time to really look at it until now. Overall I think it's going to be a good 3 gun rig. It's very light, and from what I've read they're very reliable even with light loads once they're broken in. They're supposed to be soft-recoiling, too, due to the gas piston design. The bad news is it's going to need some work to be ready for 3 gun. The big thing is the lifter on it is like a set of Chinese fingercuffs. When you try to load fast it grabs your thumb and won't let go. I tried loading fast a few times and ended up with a sore thumb. I'll have to weld it up to get rid of the gap that's catching my thumb. Luckily, I can do all the work myself except for cutting & threading the barrel, so once I'm finished I should have a shotgun that can shoot better than I can for about 1/3 the price of a competition-ready Benelli.
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Don't know where local is for you,but Carlson in Attwood,Kansas does excellent work,and fast too.I dropped off a 20 ga. barrel last summer on the way to Texas,and the barrel got home before I did.
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I actually found a gunsmith on Arfcom that has done quite a few 930 barrels for people on there. I just sent it off to him today - $75 including return shipping. Not too bad of a price.