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shooterusa
I had a mishap with a Remington 7400 Rifle. Gun was run over. The end of the gun in bent. Is is possible to fix or is it expensive trash?

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  • shooterusa
    Have an old percussion double bbl shotgun believe it is english as it has a crown and proof mark on left barrel. Barrels are sound, ie solderered rib, however right barrel is bent down a few degrees from level. There are no kinks in the barrel, my question is how or if it can be straightened. It patterns low and to the right approx half foot at 25 yds. Not sure of guage but measured barrels, right is open, left is choked, from measurements found in Dixie Gun Works table, I am using a 16 ga. wad and powder charge. Neat,solid,old shotgun with very bright plated barrels, can it be straightened?
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  • Bill Costik
    First off, how in the hell did your rifle get run over?[:0] Second, yes you can get it fixed, have it rebarreled, or possibly chop the bent section off, as long as it is still a legal length. Also, find someone to teach you about safe gun handling[:(!]
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  • 65gto389
    It is hard to say this but I must agree with the fact that I believe that "yes" It (the barrel, but hopefully not the whole gun)will become expensive trash. If by some way you were able to straighten the barrel out again, the twist in the barrel can be comprimised, and therefore I do not recommend using the gun at all.


    I had a similiar experience with not my guy being run over, but with the last inch --- 3/4 inch of twist in the barrel lost due to rust and neglect. I guess the guys at the mauser factory did not take care of it, and have since bought another copy and it works fine. My point is that the barrel having no twist at the end due to rust is that your shots will go all over the place regardless of how good of a shot you are. So since the barrel has been bent on your gun I recommend a new one for yourself.


    If the damage is not all to bad, you can just replace the barrel given if the wood is not cracked or other parts not damaged like that.









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  • 65gto389
    You may be able to fix it with "chopping", but the length required for complete combustion will not be there(which will effect accuracy). You will also have to relocate your front sights which will affect how the rounds print on the target.









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  • bpost
    Can you post a photo? Was the rest of the gun damaged, is the stock and receiver OK?
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  • surbat6
    Any competant gunsmith can replace the barrel and check headspace if the rest of the rifle hasn't been damaged...and the gunsmith will be able to tell you that, too.

    "I think of my gun as a tool for converting worthless human garbage into valuable fertilizer." John Dollar in the novel "Bridge City" by Fred Rexer
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  • Atom242
    If the rest of the gun has not been damaged, I disagree with the others about trashing the whole rifle. You should check into purchasing a new barrel. If the rest of the rifle is damaged ok probably "expensive trash" but if it is just the barrel I don't think I would just chunk it. I probably would'nt chop it either due to previous mentionings. My .02[:D]
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  • ern98
    In an earlier quest for a Rem 760 30-06 conversion to 35whelen I looked into the posibility of having a 30-06 Rem 760 barrel bored out or replaced with an aftermarket to 35 cal. The 7400 has the same barrel system as the 740, 760 and 7600. What I discovered was that most of the better smiths, that I talked with, wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. There is a big lug, under the barrel, that is the connecting point for the barrel to the receiver. This lug is what causes all the grief and makes barrel replacement harder then usual. So the question is how bent is it? If the answer is alot, then contact Remington and see if you can send it back to them, as that is where the barrel will probably have to come from. If you decide to let a local smith take a whack at it, get him to tell you how he plans to deal with replaceing the lug before you get into the money. Good luck...
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  • 1armbandit
    I had a horse fall one time and the 30-06 rifle in the scabbard ended up with the barrel bent about 5 degrees. I was hunting in the back side of nowhere and did not have an extra gun. So my partner put the barrel between two tree trunks and streightened the barrel as best he could. Remarkably it would still shoot pretty well. All I did is re-zero the scope and finished the hunt. Even got a mule deer with it at a range of about 90 yards.

    So if your barrel is not bent too much, do not give up on it too quick.

    Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
    --General George S. Patton, Jr.
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  • perry shooter
    Hello IMHO how bent is it ? you might be able to save it as the last post stated. I would not use a tree but I know the factory has a machine that takes a new bored but not rifled barrel and can press / straighten it.
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  • v35
    In manufacturing, barrels are routinely straightened.
    As has been said previously; It depends on how much of a bend there is.
    During WW2 an M3 Greasegun was developed having a 90 degree bend in the barrel for shooting around corners without exposing ones self.
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  • Tommy_2_pockets
    quote:Originally posted by v35
    In manufacturing, barrels are routinely straightened.
    As has been said previously; It depends on how much of a bend there is.
    During WW2 an M3 Greasegun was developed having a 90 degree bend in the barrel for shooting around corners without exposing ones self.


    If anyone believes v35, I've got some ocean front property in Kansas you might be interested in.

    I'm going to guess that running over a barrel wouldn't result in an unrepairable bend. I concur that consulting Remington would be the first step. Can you post pictures?

    If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, pick it up. If you can't pick it up, paint it.
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  • Xracer
    Well, I just may take some of that Kansas Ocean Front property.

    I don't know if " barrels are routinely straightened" during manufacturing", but I do know that an experimental version of the M3 Greasegun was made with a 90 degree barrel....I remember seeing pictures of one.

    Also, the Schmeisser MP40 was produced with a 90 degree barrel and the StG44 was produced with 30, 45, 60, and 90 degree "Kremmer Lauf"....a bent barrel and periscope sighting device for shooting around corners.

    See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stg.44

    Looks like Shooterusa might have a Remington Kremmer Lauf Model...[:D]
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  • MIKE WISKEY
    I just got back from the NRA/Houston convention and one of the eupopean gun makers braggs that they straighten thier barrels THREE times during manufacture. Like some of the more enlightent posters above stated, it depends on how bad the barrel is bent. When I first started gunsmithing, I made up a barrel press and have straighten shotgun barrels that were bent at a 45 deg. angel. If the bore isn't 'ovaled' by drastic bending the barrel probably can be saved at less expence than a new barrel.
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