AHHHHHHHHHH!
Never been able to watch one of these videos all the way through without screaming .
In defense of old Jack, when he was trained there was no TIG or laser welding so he had to be a bit of a blacksmith. His techniques seem crude and certainly aren't best practice now but they do work. I've used them. Some people have little money and some guns aren't worth spending much money to fix. I'm glad Larry Potterfield documented the old way. Didn't we go through all this about six weeks ago?
Yea, we did.
At that time, I referenced the DGJ article on the Nitro Special guns, and the author who got the very well worn 12 gauge in about 1964, that was loose, who then fixed it with a little piece of .004 brass shim stock betwixt the lump and the pin, who then used it for 30 seasons or so as his duck gun, with hot 2 3/4” loads. The gun was then sold to a guy who was told about the repair, and who proceeded to do the exact same thing with it for a few more decades. It might still be in use with that $1.00 repair. It wasn’t loose when he sold it.
I guess, if I had a low end gun that was loose, I’d do the shim thing before beating the lump with a punch. In the meantime, I do put a little smear of Mobilegrease 28 on the hook of every double I own, hoping to keep the wiggle away.
Except the Darnes. They don’t get loose.
Best,
Ted
