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But of course Pete - thank you for not blasting my ineptitude.
Last night I was apparently too focused on matching the pictured stamp to the referenced chart. I still think it looks most like the cursive small case 'v' - though it could not have been assembled in '43. Randall, never would do that. I often fall to a recurring case of "hoof in mouth".  Pete
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I went out and bought a couple of cheap stainless steel feeler gauge sets. The kind that fan out with 15 strips 3.5" long of various width from .002" to .025. Each strip will make a couple of shims. One of them will probably tighten up your gun.
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Fishdock, all the shimming that has been mentioned I have seen mentioned before,
plus Scotch Tape.
Also saw once that an adhesive called "Black Max" was used to fit steel shims.
Unfortunately couldn't find it at Home Depot when I visited last month. Was told an
auto parts store was a better bet but didn't have the time to go looking.:-(
JC
"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin
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I hear silly putty works wonders...
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...and silly posts don't.
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Black Max and some other Loctite numbers will adhere a steel shim to the hook. SS feeler gauges are pretty springy but some sort of round bar for clamping (Mike Orlen uses transfer punches; the graduation by 1/64s allows you to find just the right one)may shape it to the face of the hook while the BM cures. Anyway, no one is pulling your chain; shimming does work.
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Thank you everyone.
A learning experence........and amusing too.
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Just goes to show your lack of imagination, jOe. The brass shim was used in the Nitro Special, that was written about in DGJ, for decades, with regular use with hot loads. The new owner knew about it when he bought the gun and continued right along. Normal typing paper, with a coating of oil, doesn't compress, at least not much. As long as you know it is there, and don't take the gun apart, it can't really go anywhere.
A good repair can be done in the future, after our hero has discoved other facts about the gun, like, for instance, if he can hit anything with it, or, if it needs other big dollar repairs. In the meantime, he can use it with a shim to discover other warts, or. lack thereof. At least it doesn't look like he will be sleeving it, eh jOe?
Best,
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A good repair can be done in the future, after our hero has discoved other facts about the gun, like, for instance, if he can hit anything with it, or, if it needs other big dollar repairs. Best, Ted
Fishdock why Ted's calling you "our hero" is beyond me. Don't pay him too much attention his mind is scrambled from pumping up and down on his priZed Mossbergs.  I guess that's why he likes those darne French shotguns....I hear tell they are the next best thing to a Mossberg.
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Anyone who tries to rescue an old two holer is a hero to me, jOe.
Can you explain why the typical jOe post is so short on facts pertinent to the discussion at hand?
The Mossbergs aren't "prized" except, at gun safety training for the newbies to use, but, the Remington 17 and the model 12 might be, I suppose. Along with the Darne.
What useful information have you added to the discussion here?
Best,
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