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cntryboy1289 · July 17, 2005, 02:17 PM

There should be a model number that goes with it. Most likely you have a model 12 sportsmen. Numrich still has parts for several of the Sportsmen models. Like I said earlier, check to see if the buffer is in the back of the reciever no matter which gun you have. The other parts I mentioned would be the same no matter which model you have. I believe you have a recoil operated barrel. About the only difference in their guns was the move to the gas operation later and then you have a few parts that would be different. If it is recoil operated, check the recoil spring and make double sure that when you push the barrel all the way down without the fore end on the gun, that the recoil spring doesn't have any of the coils touching each other. This would cause battering of the gun during recoil and cause major problems for the gun.

July 17, 2005, 02:17 PM	#4
cntryboy1289 Senior Member Join Date: July 19, 2004 Location: Ms Posts: 1,160	everything still applies There should be a model number that goes with it. Most likely you have a model 12 sportsmen. Numrich still has parts for several of the Sportsmen models. Like I said earlier, check to see if the buffer is in the back of the reciever no matter which gun you have. The other parts I mentioned would be the same no matter which model you have. I believe you have a recoil operated barrel. About the only difference in their guns was the move to the gas operation later and then you have a few parts that would be different. If it is recoil operated, check the recoil spring and make double sure that when you push the barrel all the way down without the fore end on the gun, that the recoil spring doesn't have any of the coils touching each other. This would cause battering of the gun during recoil and cause major problems for the gun.