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Here are images of the barrel flats and water table on my 20 gauge Spanish shotgun.





I'm sorry these images aren't better.
Steve

PS Ted, please don't pick fights on my thread, I'm trying to learn something here.


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BTW, I took the gun apart this afternoon because it was doubling. It turned out to need adjustment where the triggers met the sears, problem solved! Even though it's obviously not an expensive gun the components making up the action were surprisingly well made and not rough or poorly finished at all.

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Originally Posted By: Ted Schefelbein
Better chance of it being your cousin...

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https://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=126&t=426349
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Thank you all for helping me learn about Spanish shotguns. I had no idea the shotgun I found was made over 50 years ago. Wow, who would’ve thunk it! Overall it’s not a bad looking gun though I could do without the beavertail forend and the raised and ventilated center rib but whatthehell, the beavertail can be turned into a splinter, however I guess I’m stuck with the ventilated center rib. Anyhow, thanks again for the helping me research this gun.
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Originally Posted By: Rockdoc
the beavertail can be turned into a splinter


Steve, be careful if you begin that process, to determine if the wood is fitting closely to the underside of the barrels. More than one have begun rasping wood away, from an apparently well fitted beavertail, only to find out too late that there will be a huge gap between the barrels and the wood after it reaches the proper splinter profile. Bobby told me this a long time ago.

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Thanks for the warning Stan, if I resculpt the beavertail it'd probably be a good idea to put some modeling clay on the underside, snap it in place and then pull it back off to see how much the modeling clay is crushed in the process.

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Rockdoc:

The American firms that were importing Spanish and Italian sxs shotguns in the 1950s-1970s were selling into a market that favored single triggers, pistol or semi-pistol grips, beavertail forends and ventilated ribs. I've seen Berettas, Zolis and a host of Spanish guns by lesser known makers all similarly equipped. They are a product of their time and, at least in my experience, are quite functional. I've owned two - a Beretta GR2 20 gauge (which did have double triggers but otherwise shared all of the era's features) and an Antonio Zoli 20 gauge (which has all of the era's characteristics), which I still have and shoot regularly, even though I also own a number of higher grade British, Italian, French (Darnes) and one Austrian sxs. Shoot it awhile before you take the rasp to the forend. You might find you appreciate the beavertail and don't need to make the change.

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Cornell Pubs has a 1965 Bost catalog Steve.
https://www.cornellpubs.com/old-guns/item_desc.php?item_id=3794

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