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Walley19
Hello. New guy here. I recently inherited a bolt action .410 shotgun with magazine. Takes a 2 1/2x3 inch shell. Not sure of the make (remington maybe) but it is a Model 58. Anyone familiar with this gun or have knowledge or approximate value?
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  • Walley19
    Saturday, at a garage sale, I picked up a 20-gauge Mossberg 385 bolt action in rough shape for twenty-five bucks. The adjustable choke and recoil pad are beyond hope and it desperately needs the stock refinished and a re-bluing. I cleaned the bore and it is not pitted. I am thinking of cutting the barrel down to twenty-four inches and putting rifle sights on it for a slug gun. I am also thinking of having screw in chokes fitted for it in both improved cylinder and rifled so one can use both foster type slugs and sabots. One of my partners in crime paid a pretty good penny for a Slugmaster 20 last year and I figure that I can come up with a comparable gun with a little effort and a modest investment that is a little more versatile. Have anyone done this?
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  • rufe-snow
    IMHO putting any amount of money in a 20 gauge bolt action shotgun, is a epic fail of the first magnitude. Use it in the condition it's now in, as long as it's safe to shoot.. At the very most do a little fixing up on it yourself. Bolt action shotguns are sold and used as inexpensive utility guns, paying somebody to fix it up would be like pounding sand down a rat hole. My 2?.
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  • duckhunter
    Tomato stake.
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  • Walley19
    Like many others I looked down my nose at bolt-action shotguns for years. In the last several years I have seen a resurgence in their popularity as slug guns for deer hunting. New models have appeared on the market that are quite expensive; one of which lists for over a grand. I know three guys who hunt with bolt actions during shotgun season. I have refurbished quite a few old shotguns and never regretted any of the money I put into them. I get quite a bit of pleasure out of bringing guns back to life and using them that others think are worthless.
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  • geeguy
    I have done several "worthless" guns just for fun that turned out OK. I cut the barrels myself, used a can of black rustoleum (heat the metal first), and some sandpaper and oil for the stock (yea, I know, don't sand the stock, but sometimes you just gotta). Hi-temp adhesive can put a new sight on the barrel. Not worth anything to sell, but fun to play with.

    The question on this one is the "screw in" choke. Most of the old bolt guns have to thin of barrel for screw in chokes, and the thin walls do not hold up well for slugs. If enough wall you can thread the end yourself if you have the machine tools to do it, but a lot of places will only charge $25-50 without the choke tube.

    Have fun, what's the down side? $25?
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  • rong
    I had one in 16 guage,
    think it was a J C Higgens.
    A member of the Danvers Mass
    fish and game club said they refused
    to let anyone come to the range
    intending to shoot one of these
    old time bolt shotguns.This
    was in 1969,pretty sure he said
    something about 1 locking lug but
    I can't remember yesterday.
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  • Walley19
    There was a recall on J. C. Higgens bolt-action shotguns but from what I have read I believe it was only on the 12-gauge. I think it had something to do with a screw that could fall out on the bolt. I have read nothing bad about other makes outside of quite a few people looking down on them.
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  • Lucky007
    I have had several Mossberg and Savage-Stevens bolt action shotguns in both 16 and 20 gauge. All worked as advertised and were VERY sturdy. Making one into an economical slug gun sounds like a reasonable project...if it doesn't shoot ANY slug configuration well, you'll still have a nice handy close range bunny or canoe gun.
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  • babun
    quote:Originally posted by rong
    I had one in 16 guage,
    think it was a J C Higgens.
    A member of the Danvers Mass
    fish and game club said they refused
    to let anyone come to the range
    intending to shoot one of these
    old time bolt shotguns.This
    was in 1969,pretty sure he said
    something about 1 locking lug but
    I can't remember yesterday.


    WOW !!
    Amazing since even a heavy 12 gage round has about 1/2 the chamber
    pressure as a .22LR, and I have shot many .22"s without even one lug, just the bolt handle as the only lock device. Bob
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  • rong
    now, that I think
    of it, the only
    "bolt lock" if you
    will might be the notch
    for the bolt handle.
    whatever reason, the club
    at the time didn't allow them
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  • countryfarmer
    Fix it up and do what you want with it, you got it for good money. You might have a gunsmith look at it first and make sure the barrel is thick enough to be tapped for the choke tubes.
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