Stevens Mod. 620 Trench gun find!

[Brightonknight]

Hi Nhetzer,

I have a gunsmith (gunsmurf) who has repaired valuable barrels in the past with such damage, going to fix as best as possible my barrel. The idea is to leave the portion on the end of the barrel that has been threaded, lightly remove the threads leaving what looks like a step/shoulder at the end of the barrel. He says he will add and solder/weld a sleeve from barrel material over the end of the barrel and match up the OD of the barrel. Inside of the barrel will look fine since it remains intact. He has the industrial milling type of smithing equipment. He says it should look seamless prior to rebluing or parkerizing, depending on the restoration. The heatshield should also cover the seam if it is visible. That's at least the plan, I can let you know how it goes and at what cost. Should know soon hopefully.

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[nhetzer]

Hi Nhetzer,

I have a gunsmith (gunsmurf) who has repaired valuable barrels in the past with such damage, going to fix as best as possible my barrel. The idea is to leave the portion on the end of the barrel that has been threaded, lightly remove the threads leaving what looks like a step/shoulder at the end of the barrel. He says he will add and solder/weld a sleeve from barrel material over the end of the barrel and match up the OD of the barrel. Inside of the barrel will look fine since it remains intact. He has the industrial milling type of smithing equipment. He says it should look seamless prior to rebluing or parkerizing, depending on the restoration. The heatshield should also cover the seam if it is visible. That's at least the plan, I can let you know how it goes and at what cost. Should know soon hopefully.

Excellent, please do keep me posted. I have a matching riot that makes me cry a little every time I see those threads on the end of the barrel. I half wish it were one of my trenches so I could at least hide it under the heat shield. But anything is better than those threads. Thanks!

[Rick2106]

i have the same problem, stevens 520-30 factory riot, all the us markings and matching #, some put a weaver choke on it, measures exactly 20" end of barrel with threads, bead hole present.