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i talked to buck hamlin a couple weeks ago about a lc that needed some work and he told me he would weld the hook and redo it that way instead of changing the pin.

Hello Newf,

I cheated!

As mine is a shooter and not a collector piece, I used some brass shim stock and put it around the pin. Works great, all is now on face and the gun is usable.

I even use it to shoot skeet (man, it puffs the targets). I also use it for waterfowl. Only carried it for pheasants once, my arms got much longer !!

So not the perfect fix but the perfect fix for me.

Mike

It's in rough shape,and the restoration would a labour of love...so a shim may be the way

No end caps. Your best bet is to re-build the barrel hook as has been suggested.

Thank's fella's I'll see my welder when the time come's

Cut your shim from an aluminum beer can (but don't use a can that held lite beer). The aluminum is soft enough that it'll compress to the correct thickness and correct the problem for a long time. When the play comes back, just cut a new shim. BTW you can use a lite beer can, but then I suppose you'll feel that you have to drink the swill contained in the can. Don't do it! Just pour the stuff out and use the can. Or better yet buy some real beer so that you can enjoy what's in the can too.
Steve

Or you can be a big spender and buy a sheet of shim stock. I've got two sheets: thinnest and next to thinnest. (Don't recall the thickness.) Usually, a piece of the thin stuff does the job. I've had to use the thicker stuff on a couple guns, until I either got them fixed properly or traded or sold them.

Thank's fella's ,I've used the soda can's and shimstock before (our beer come's in bottle's and pint's !!!) it work's well as you described.
All the best
Chris