My brother works at a Gander mountain, and someone brought this in to have it bore sighted.

Why would anyone want to bore sight a shotgun??

Red neck 'smithing !! But a better red neck would have trimmed the steel straps !

It's mounted too high.

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Originally posted by tin can:
It's mounted too high.

You never know. Maybe the guy has a long neck.

I would have politely walked the customer over the scope mount rack and shown him a proper mount for the shotgun. All while trying to keep a very straight face or calling him a complete dumb ass

Bailing wire or duct tape would have been cool too.

Better yet...zip tie's

they live among us. [scary]

Who's pulling whose leg here? Which is the joke? The picture or how gullible one can be in anothers stupidity? Doesn't anybody believe limits anymore.

Super glue

Hey, that's mine!

Your brother went to Pennsylvania Gunsmith School?

Looks like some of the work I have seen DONE at Gander Mountain.

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Originally posted by 33806whelen:

dthat might be my cousin's, from hicksperia MI...

The recoil pad adds a classic touch.

Well..he coulda just broght in the scope for bore sighting! It's happened!

Well, give the guy a point or two for ingenuity anyway...

It looks like a model 12 And if it is you need to give him props. At least he didn't D/T a classic. The hose clamps will scratch the finish but no permanent harm will be done.

Now I honestly believe this picture is completely bogus

So what's the problem? Bore sight it. roger

yeah, then when the wood gets moist, and it wont shoot straight it's fvckin gander *&^@ mountain!!!!

Gundog, all them Smiths there are kin to me. Every one of them

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Originally posted by kcstott:
Now I honestly believe this picture is completely bogus

Ya think? I've seen some genuinely stupid stuff over the years but none that ever looked this clean. It screams "set up".

Before I boresighted it I'd try to sell him a Cerakote job on the hose clamps and "scope mount." Just looks halfazzed without the finishing touch.

I would also sand a 20moa cant on that "base" before the cerakote process.

The good thing about that mount is one only has to apply a brace and bit to make a "See Through" mount.

No high dollar fancy machinery and tooling required.

I have found that soft pine scope bases will warp in humid weather and change point of impact.

Better to use oak.

If I do say so myself Oak would be completely out of place on a arm stocked with American black walnut. I say you would need to take High resolution photographs and send those off to the hardwood dealers to locate a fine piece of American black walnut that matches the grain flow and color of the stock. If that is not feasible you may as well use a set of Weaver mounts

Hose clamps should be stainless too, would not want to stain the wood with a rust stain now would we.

so, how did the bore sighting go? was the customer happy?

Great fit and finish. That is a solution to the problem I just had not considered. Speechless.

The trigger lock is a nice touch, too.

I wonder how one loads the magazine with the hose clamp in the way.

I hope the scope is at least a 3-9X variable with a mil-dot reticle.

I believe he will need a lace-on cheekpiece to complete the outfit, with maybe an elastic shell holder on the buttstock.

If the owner had cut the hose clamp ends shorter I might believe it, but I gotta call BS as those ends are going to hang up on his sleeve when he cycles the action.

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Originally posted by Mark:
If the owner had cut the hose clamp ends shorter I might believe it, but I gotta call BS as those ends are going to hang up on his sleeve when he cycles the action.

maybe he is waiting till after its all dialed in, then he'll trim it up, and make it look sweet. I believe its a pump shotgun, so the shells load from the bottom.

If the wood was stained it might be believable!

Just like the Johnson Spoon, it has served its purpose. Hook Up ! roger

kcscott its is not a model 12 the action bar is the give away most likely a stevens or savage.