Savage 687 Ho 20 ga

marbill · August 22, 2019, 06:42 PM

I had a friend offer me a 20ga real cheap.
But it would need a new barrel as someone did a botched job with a hacksaw.
After spending a great deal of time looking for info and finding very little I thought I would ask here.
Would appericate any info or suggestions I could get. Thank you. Bill

marbill · August 25, 2019, 10:40 PM

Called savage. Only thing they could tell me is that
It was made in 1969.

Blindstitch · August 26, 2019, 02:53 PM

Is the botch job because the barrel is to short or because the choke is gone now?
I'm not finding any info either bolt action or pump?

marbill · August 26, 2019, 05:03 PM

Its a pump. Botched because it appears to have been cut die with a hack saw. Uneven cut. Vent rib was cut between the ribs. If I cannot find a barrel I will even the cut and make a support for the rib. Thank you for your reply and effort

Blindstitch · August 26, 2019, 07:34 PM

If interested in adding a choke back in it the guys here recommend a guy who I think was doing it for $55.

FITASC · August 26, 2019, 08:46 PM

That would be Mike Orlen in MA. Google can locate him, but cut mid rob makes it fairly useless. Trying to find a replacement might be harder to do.

marbill · August 27, 2019, 03:30 PM

Thank you for your reply. I will make a support for the rib. Add a front sight
and be done with it. I will continue to look for a barrel but with lack of information on the gun I dout I will find one. Thanks again.

August 22, 2019, 06:42 PM	#1
marbill Member Join Date: March 13, 2010 Location: mid missouri Posts: 17	Savage 687 Ho 20 ga I had a friend offer me a 20ga real cheap. But it would need a new barrel as someone did a botched job with a hacksaw. After spending a great deal of time looking for info and finding very little I thought I would ask here. Would appericate any info or suggestions I could get. Thank you. Bill Last edited by marbill; August 22, 2019 at 06:45 PM. Reason: Typing error

August 26, 2019, 02:53 PM	#3
Blindstitch Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2013 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 2,693	Is the botch job because the barrel is to short or because the choke is gone now? I'm not finding any info either bolt action or pump? __________________ NRA Lifetime Member

August 26, 2019, 07:34 PM	#5
Blindstitch Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2013 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 2,693	If interested in adding a choke back in it the guys here recommend a guy who I think was doing it for $55. __________________ NRA Lifetime Member

August 26, 2019, 08:46 PM	#6
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	That would be Mike Orlen in MA. Google can locate him, but cut mid rob makes it fairly useless. Trying to find a replacement might be harder to do. __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

August 25, 2019, 10:40 PM	#2
marbill Member Join Date: March 13, 2010 Location: mid missouri Posts: 17	Called savage. Only thing they could tell me is that It was made in 1969.

August 26, 2019, 05:03 PM	#4
marbill Member Join Date: March 13, 2010 Location: mid missouri Posts: 17	Its a pump. Botched because it appears to have been cut die with a hack saw. Uneven cut. Vent rib was cut between the ribs. If I cannot find a barrel I will even the cut and make a support for the rib. Thank you for your reply and effort

August 27, 2019, 03:30 PM	#7
marbill Member Join Date: March 13, 2010 Location: mid missouri Posts: 17	Thank you for your reply. I will make a support for the rib. Add a front sight and be done with it. I will continue to look for a barrel but with lack of information on the gun I dout I will find one. Thanks again.