Full access to that crack, indeed.

They can’t stop the signal ! Thanks Max

a lot of gangsters had a leather strap that hooked.around shoulder and whippet hung free.and when needed open coat and whippet out.papa😊

A cool trick I learned from just finishing a 1928 Belgian, If the wood doesn’t hold (time will tell) soak it in a acetone before regluing. (Learned that from Larry Potterfield 😁) It’ll leach that oil out of the wood and make for a real secure bond, and it doesn’t even seem to roach the stain. Then, just to be completely retro, boiled linseed oil as the final finish. This 1928 Belgian is more beautiful than it could’ve ever been rolling out of the factory. All mirror blued, and just as a fluke, it came with the most beautiful wood imaginable for a plain old line gun. All flamed/tiger striped wood front and back! I’ve looked at a couple hundred A5s during my research, and I’ve never seen one with this show quality furniture. The stock guy must’ve been feeling frogs that day.🤷🏻‍♂️

Mark Novak on the Anvil channel has excellent videos on repaired cracks and complete splits on gunstocks. I like his methods.

I've always loved the design of that old Remington. Don't know why. Just something about it.

The Remington model 11 is greatly under rated. Mines in even worse condition and runs like a champ.

You can also get a 2 piece lifter from a Browning, they fit right in no modifications, and it loads automatically when you put one in the nag tube, and you don't have to hold the button anymore

This is the sickest !! Absolutely love this build. Now I'm in search of....

I've got a Browning designed Steven's 520 in 16ga that I've modified into a trench clone 20" barrel with sling. I love it even though it's a bastard child gun. I'm having the barrel threaded for chokes to use it for more things. It became my favorite shotgun of all time. The looks and shooting and handling are exactly what I hoped. Mne was made in 1917.

Very nice work. I've always liked whippet guns.

New Vegas? Gooseneck? Bonnie and Clyde? Auto 8? Cutts Compensator on a 1911? This dude DOESN'T MISS. Just found your channel and you have impeccable taste. liked subbed notifications etc.

Nice work. The Model 11/Auto 5 is my favorite classic auto shotgun. There’s something special about them

I have one just like yours except I extended the mag to 8 shots total.. I love it.

Those old Browning type auto shotguns were awesome! Clyde was a master gunman!

Max great video I wish more younger folks were like you. Keep up the great work

Awesome video man. Love the A5 in general and I've always loved the whippet gun concept too.

Just a tip from an old grunt Slow is smooth, smooth is fast Great video

Great job! It's so cool you can find 100yo gun and chop it and it works great :D

Heck yeah dude! Love the build

Bro you build some cool ass stuff, your Mossberg 500 with the heat shield and nydar sight was SICK! I build my own stuff like that too, much love man, keep doing it

Dude this is awesome, nice build. I used to build little shorties like this, but out of pump guns and lever action's!

Incredible work bro. Ive been considering doing this on a model 11 sportsman 16 gauge. It was 2+1 capacity, i altered it to 3+1. Reblued the whole thing and replaced 5 parts. I want to cut it down as short as possible but i cant hack the SBS tax right now. Great job on the compensator btw I love it.

Your gonna want to cut the left hand pocket out of your trench coat so you can reach through. Becuase when a problem comes along, you must whip it.

A titebond glue joint is stronger than the original wood. I'm not sure any of those pins were necessary. If you clean up your gluing surface with a high grit sandpaper, you would not be able to re-break it along it's original crack. If you like the idea of the pins, I think you should use wood. A toothpick or thin dowel will hold better than a nail with wood glue because both are porous. If you want the nail, epoxy would be a better adhesive with mixed materials. I only mention this as you went thru considerable trouble putting the stock back together. Maybe you felt the oil was a potential wildcard. Also, a suction cup is a good way to force slightly watered down glue into cracks you don't have full access to.

Man I’d love to have that in my collection… Excellent work

You can get the friction rings. Got to Numrich Gun Parts for the old stuff

Before my grandfather passed he gave me his grandfathers 1920's Auto 5 and father's 1950's Auto 5 (also passed down a Damascus barreled 10ga I occasionally send some blackpowder shells through but it's mostly a retired wall hanger). The 20's has a massive goose barrel and the 50's is just a hair over legal length. My favorite shotguns that I'll never part with.

Im a 21year career gunsmith. You can buy nails to use as a pin. Cut them off once you drive them in. I pre-drill a hole thats small and press them in with my vise. Use wood glue or epoxy to hold it from the bottom. This will keep it from pulling out as it expands. Some people use screws and cut them off and fill them. I dont because the head is where the strength is. You could plug cut a wood screw hole if you want. It would allow the head to be hidden. If you use the scrap to cut your plug and for filler it will match. When gluing i would take a dowel wrapped in a baggie with release agent sprayed on it to fill that recoil area.

What did since I also hacked down my Model 11 was used a pipe cutter to bring the barrel down to 20 inches since its a easy thing and i just needed to debur it and drill and tap a new sight.

Pins and glue are nice; blind brass wood screws are even better.

Looks good.

Not gonna lie that's a pretty cool build you gotta go on Especially for a 101 year old gun👍

springs don’t lose their power from compression. They lose power from cycling.

first time viewer, I like your vid bro. Nice to see new guys gun smith'ing at home. anyways, cool stuff. am subbed

Sweet. Really, nice work. Very interesting

You are EXACTLY the same kind of “gun guy” as me. I subscribed immediately.

I bought a Browning A5 from The San Francisco Gun Exchange which was on 2nd St. 1 1/2 blocks from Market St. For those that are not familiar, that is smack dab in the center of downtown. Oh how times have changed. It is a 16 guage, parkerized that looks like a trench gun. Someone clearly built it. I tried doing research on it but very difficult. Im guessing its from around 1930s. When i saw your video, i noticed the similarities to mine. Nice job on yours.

If you go to a dry cleaner you can get wire hangers for curtains and heavy blankets, etc. That brass wire is very sturdy and you get lengths of up to 18". That would be a great solution for osme of your pin needs.

So many that's what she said moments !! Great vid tho .. sweet build !!

Man you made that A5 really cool man

Love that Browning auto 5!

Nice job guy

Floating the fourth, nice.

Get yourself a Spreader (SDR) front choke ring for the Cutts Compensator.

Great work on that stock brother you sound like you enjoy doing that stuff

Followed you on IG for a hot minute, happy to see these videos whippet looks great

Good job. I like it. Ive wanted to make one for years now. One suggestion, ive repaired my handgaurd and found the best way is to reinforce the inside with fiberglass matting and either acraglass or a strong epoxy like devcon.

So impressive hah I’m not gonna lie I have seen that stock listed on eBay for the past year when trying to source parts for my model 11 and wondered who tf would be crazy enough to buy it. You made it look perfect I’m jellous I didn’t think of that. Also I strongly suggest you replace the big recoil spring you can use any browning auto 5 reproduction spring I bought one for 18 bucks from MGW. Also any browning light 5 or savage 720 forearm will work in your gun. Sometimes the forearms get pounded out from the barrel contacting the forearm wood so I put a pvc buffer in mine. Also the malfunction at the end of the video is most likely because the buffer spring is weak and wasn’t able to push the shell hard enough when they occasionally bind any a5 buffer spring can be used and MGW sells them too. Have fun with this wonderful gun they are literal tanks!

Great looking mod, but you might want to check on how your muzzle device needs to be attached in order to not make an SBS My understanding is that muzzle devices. (In order to be counted in barrel length) must be pinned and welded. I am not sure soldering will meet the requirement.

I've had one of them shotguns befer, they definitely work well

For your first time doing something like that it’s pretty amazing!

Ive mig welded the poly choke on my field gun. Its fine

I like it good job. I am building a rhodesian a5 when looking for info. I found your video. Just watched the trench gun video and this popped up. Guess I'm gonna subscribe see what you do next.

My WW2 Marine Raider grandfather always said these shotguns were devastating in the jungle and if the shtf he'd cut his down also with a piece of rope for a sling

i bought a Remington 11 to do this to but never got around to it

I been watching this a couple times I think you will get farther polishing the inside of the barrel where it feeds into the chamber plus your shell extractor may be shot or just the spring in the shell extractor but the way them other springs are I would tend to think they are ok. I would start by cleaning and polishing every part on the inside of it before i spent money on more parts that seem to be ok

Not sure if you're aware, but the A5's spring and friction ring set up is how you tune to the types of loads you're shooting. No doubt the busted stock you had was from someone shooting the wrong ring set up, they're known for busting the stock from violent recoil due to collapsed springs or the wrong friction ring set up. Here's a quick vid that kind of explains it, but there's a lot of other videos and info out there. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l59paMR31pbXhH0.html

That is a bad ass boom stick

Oxalic acid, mixed with water would have gotten rid of the stain. Then glue - n - screw it 🎉

Very cool man, very cool

All those pins are making it more metal than wood. Good if you don’t have strong glue but, just use clear epoxy and it’ll be an even stronger bond with less work! Even some wood glues are more than enough to hold it together. Pretty sick shotgun though!

It's a recoil operated action. There is a good chance it isn't cycling because the butt stock isn't against your shoulder. This type of action requires the gun to remain relatively stationary to allow the barrel to travel the full lenght of its operation

Cool vid man

i really like the model 11 especially the sportsman even though its low capacity i like the look of the short grip. A5's are great too but i really like remingtons copy.

Next video: 45 minutes of attempting making random sizes of springs from piano wire with a tool collection dating for 1820 to 2020... Which I'm completely down for 🤣👍 If you don't go full modern and find a guy to tig weld on a piece of steel pic rail for a red dot, (another tool to add to the list for this hobby btw😉) then you should try brazing/tapping the vent rib for a classic style ramped brass bead front rifle sight (the larger the bead the better! Maybe the front sight from a revolver would actually be better 🤔) or one of the old-school oddball "big bead" front sights... Think of a modern vent rib snap on tall hi-viz sight but pre -1960's 😂 There are some pretty cool looking, although suspiciously terribly ineffective looking examples online (maybe some of those were profiled down rifle or revolver front sights?) I need to look again lol... And the worn leather belt tacked over the top/bottom of the stock with some oil rubbed bronze/antique copper upholstery tacks is a must do experiment! You can get them from the hardware store in flatter styles than the classic round button if you don't want it ribbed for the bank's pleasure 😂 Also they leave tiny thumbtack sized holes, so it's an easily removable mod/experiment... Just keep it classy and round or taper the cuts on the end, I think square cuts would throw of the slim trim and classy classless gangster look 😉👍

Cool gun!

I have a 10 gauge Winchester 1901. Very similar to his.

As an Orthopedic Surgeon you would be surprised on how similar it is working with wood as with bones and joints. Especially the abutments and nails. Great video!

We gonna see a video about that 1911 w/ Cutts comp? Love your stuff.

Whippet Good!

Ive used acraglass to bond wood. That stuff makes a stupidly strong joint. A touch of black ink or paint in the mix makes the joint look like wood grain.

I counted 6 rounds fired at 41:48. If I’m not mistaken the factory magazine capacity is 4 with one in the chamber giving you 5 rounds. I’ve watched it a couple of times and get the same count on fired rounds.

"Full access to that crack" haha

instead of a syringe or poking at it, an air compressor helps to get glue, resin or glass into cracks and holes.

Great for the house or anything close-close medium feel me

Very cool man! Yes, put the red dot on it, It'll be unique.

I have one of those Cutts Compensators that I removed from my 75 dollar 1947 Ithaca 37.

Badass man! Maybe a Nydar for it? You IG posts for this thing inspired me to pick up an old Sears and Roebuck single shot and mod it.

so, this is the gun you use when a problem comes along.

Hey max the internals on a franchi 48al are similar maybe the same and parts arent too hard to find

I think we would get along great

Impressive stock Doctery I am in the middle of my own damaged stock project for a sporterized arisaka 😊

Gangster. Love it.

Hey man, i really liked the idea of this and am considering trying something similar, but i was curious if this would cycle with bird shot. i know the Remington 1100 wont with a 18" slug barrel, but its not recoil operated its gas operated. Anyways I was just hoping you could test it and tell me, thanks man

Awesome

Looks like an enjoyable project. Id like to offer a little insight on glue joints, for future projects. More Titebond does not increase the strength of the glue joint; its the absorption of the glue into the wood fibers of the two adjoining pieces. If the glue is spread thin throughout the surfaces, and clamped tight enough to allow the fibers to swell with glue before drying, then left to completely cure, the pins are unnecesary. (The clamping must not be so tight that the majority of yhe glue is forced out befor drying, there is a happy medium). You could use hardwood dowels to help keep ot aligned, and the goue would allow the dowels to become structurally part of the joint, which metal pins will never be. Properly done, a glue joint will never fail at the joint. It will become more stiff at that point, since the fibers are no longer going to have the natural flexibility of solid wood. But it will survive the same stress that caused the first break. Gibson guitar necks are testament to this. There are probably thousands of necks that have broken from a fall onto the stress point near the headstock, and have been properly repaired with no metal support and played for decades with no more failure despite having 200 lbs or more of tension on the thin neck.

Whippet. Whippet good.

Love shotguns..cant go wrong with slugs and up close buck is devastating

Whats that you put on the end of the barrel called? I’d like to find one to use on a mossberg I’m working on

Did you permanently attach the suppressor to comply with ATF barrel length regulations?

Makes me want to do this with my model 11... or maybe buy a cheap one for $150 off gunbroker or pawn shop and do it with that one since mine is in pretty good condition.

Everyone will enjoy this: you can’t wear a spring out from compression. Only cycling a spring between compression/relaxation can wear it out. 🤗

You should do a video on that 1911 you got

ood work

I have wanted one for too long.

Nice work…

Please make the Winchester 92 from the TV show the Rifleman next you absolute madlad

I'm old school n hate seeing anyone chop up a piece of fine art . Just me .

i wonder how well this would handle mini shells