Michael Tinker Pearce
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Just finished this conversion of a Montgomery Ward Hercules shotgun into a .22 Hornet. The rear sight is mostly a place-holder; it's not really suited to this application. I'm going to see if I can come up with (or fabricate) a peep-sight.
I basically sleeved a barrel into the chamber of the shotgun, cut the chamber for .22 Hornet and made a new extractor. I also made a new forearm out of Walnut attached the locking lug for it from the old barrel to the new barrel. The front sight is a Mini-14 front sight that's been in my gunsmithing junk box that just happened to fit this barrel perfectly. I'm also considering perhaps doing some kind of cheek-piece for the stock. It's very handy and at under 6 lbs it's not too heavy.
I basically sleeved a barrel into the chamber of the shotgun, cut the chamber for .22 Hornet and made a new extractor. I also made a new forearm out of Walnut attached the locking lug for it from the old barrel to the new barrel. The front sight is a Mini-14 front sight that's been in my gunsmithing junk box that just happened to fit this barrel perfectly. I'm also considering perhaps doing some kind of cheek-piece for the stock. It's very handy and at under 6 lbs it's not too heavy.