Tightening up my side by side action

[Wardy456]

I’m looking for a gunsmith who can tighten up my sbs action.

I have a 16bore aya no.4 which has abit of play where the barrels meet the action.

Does anyone know w good gunsmith that will tighten this up and/or know the rough price?

 

[Heym SR20]

With a No 4 it’s a straightforward job. Its a £250 ish type job but depends on who does it. Most decent gunsmith this is a bread and butter type job. Don’t know any one down in your part of the country.

 

[HonestJohn]

Can you flip the hinge pin?

 

[HonestJohn]

Can you flip the hinge pin?

To elaborate, remove hinge pin cover screws, knock hinge pin out, and knock in from the ‘other side’. Hinge pins are often slightly tapered, so flipping it will have the effect of increasing the diameter on the surface are not yet worn, and I turn, bringing the barrels back closer to the face. If it works on your gun, it is literally a 5 minute job which I have done on several of my guns in the past. A smith might charge you a fair amount for such simple work because they can, and worst is if they require re-proof, inc which case you might end up with a fail and having a new pin made - then suddenly turning an easy exercise into a £500+ project - but, if you’re not up for it yourself, best consider if it’s worth the investment and risk of a re-proof fail (if smith requires it), or just living with it as it is

 

[enfieldspares]

A smith might charge you a fair amount for such simple work because they can, and worst is if they require re-proof..

Why, please, would a gun be required to have a re-proof after the only work being required being putting it back on the face? I have never in forty plus years of shooting had any gun that was only "off the face" ever require re-proof. Re-proof is needed if the internal barrel dimensions are no longer are within the allowed margin from when first proofed. Or if the chambers or (so the Proof House seemingly requires) the forcing cones are lengthened or are elongated.

 

[HonestJohn]

Why, please, would a gun be required to have a re-proof after the only work being required being putting it back on the face? I have never in forty plus years of shooting had any gun that was only "off the face" ever require re-proof. Re-proof is needed if the internal barrel dimensions are no longer are within the allowed margin from when first proofed. Or if the chambers or (so the Proof House seemingly requires) the forcing cones are lengthened or are elongated.

Agreed, but I know a few smiths that would I dust on it, fairly sure Alan Rhone would.

I don’t think it should, but just saying

 

[GWP]

are new pins not available from aya