Bud lost his trigger group pin on his Mossberg 500.
Got some 3/16 rod and needed to cut two grooves in it.
Rather than run to my dads and mess with the lathe, I went redneck tech.
Popped a pin from another 500 and marked the groove spacing with a fine tip sharpie on my steel. Cut the chunk longer than the original.
Chucked it in a cordless drill and laid it on its side. Held down on bench by hand. Using other hand, fired up a Dremel with just right sized abrasive wheel.
Made two cuts, right spacing and then cut it down and ground to proper length.........well, one side from outer groove edge to end of pin is different by .005".
Tried it, it works fine. He can run it till the new factory one arrives and then have a spare
Thought it rather funny. It's a beater 500 so it's not gonna hurt the collector value or aesthetics
Got some 3/16 rod and needed to cut two grooves in it.
Rather than run to my dads and mess with the lathe, I went redneck tech.
Popped a pin from another 500 and marked the groove spacing with a fine tip sharpie on my steel. Cut the chunk longer than the original.
Chucked it in a cordless drill and laid it on its side. Held down on bench by hand. Using other hand, fired up a Dremel with just right sized abrasive wheel.
Made two cuts, right spacing and then cut it down and ground to proper length.........well, one side from outer groove edge to end of pin is different by .005".
Tried it, it works fine. He can run it till the new factory one arrives and then have a spare
Thought it rather funny. It's a beater 500 so it's not gonna hurt the collector value or aesthetics