Alright, I guess here it goes.
Started off with a Remington VersaMax Sportsman. On sales for 1050 and another 100 rebate put it at 950. Figured I would start with this and turn it into a gun for Multigun matches.
First thing I wanted to work on is the loading port. Traditional single shell loading requires you to stick your thumb into the loading port so you can push the shell past the shell latch. I want to remove enough material so that my thumb can rest sideways on the loading port and slide far enough forward that the shell passes the latch.
To start this I took everything apart and started to measure out how much room I had between the shell latch and the loading port. Once I had that number I taped off everything exposing the material I needed to remove.
This show what I was taping off.
Mostly the depth and angle. How far forward I push was a "by feel" thing as I couldnt measure. There is a ring that stops the follower from coming out with the shell. I need to remove material, feel the ring, remove some more and repeat.
Cause this was done by feel, a lot of it was done "Precisely by eye" lol.
The angle was roughly 8 degree.
Lined it up in the mill and started making chips.
Like I said above we stopped before the tube and after did separate passes pushing our way into the loading tube.
