OLD WEST: Modifying Shotguns

[hal]

Hi Guys,
Anyone know how long it takes a trained gunsmith to modify a standard 12 guage shotgun into a sawed off shotgun or even a whippet configuration shotgun? I've a player who is asking. I figure if I can get a handle on how long it takes to do the conversion, I can give a ball park estimate on how much the gunsmith might charge for the service.

Thanks,
Hal

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by hal

Hi Guys,
Anyone know how long it takes a trained gunsmith to modify a standard 12 guage shotgun into a sawed off shotgun or even a whippet configuration shotgun? I've a player who is asking. I figure if I can get a handle on how long it takes to do the conversion, I can give a ball park estimate on how much the gunsmith might charge for the service.

Thanks,
Hal

To saw off a barrel? Ten minutes with a hacksaw. Probably less.

[roguebfl]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

To saw off a barrel? Ten minutes with a hacksaw. Probably less.

Don't for get to file the insides of the barrel as well to clear any obstructions left over from the hacksaw.

[panton41]

To keep with the flavor of the setting it probably wouldn't even require a trained gunsmith just a hacksaw and you might be able to borrow one for free.

[gilbertocarlos]

If you let the blacksmith stay with the metal from the sawn off part, he will probably do it for free.

[hal]

So, at a rough guess, sawing off the barrels won't take much time, cutting the stock down to size so that it is more of a whippet style shotgun wouldn't take an awful long time either - call it a half a day maybe?