I'm thinking about restoring this gun and thought I'd be able to get some questions answered here. I have a Meriden 20ga that was made about 1918 or 1919. I bought it over 20 years ago from a guy who was using it as a wall hanger but I figured that for $6 I couldn't go wrong even if I just hung it up. He had painted all the metal with black epoxy paint then baked it in the oven. I'm in the process of stripping the paint off. I've had it looked at and was told that it could be made serviceable again. Main issues as it stands are some missing parts and the stock has some missing wood at the receiver. The barrels seat well and are not too thin but have a couple small dings which I was told could be easily removed. I do some woodworking and have picked up a free walnut blank so I'm slowly working at making a replacement stock. We'll see how this one goes but at the worst I'm out some time. I was looking on the Numrich site and I can get most of the parts I need. Parts I know I need are cocking rods, front and rear firing pins, firing pin seat (not available), misc. screws (most of which are available), and a top lever spring. Here's some pictures of the gun disassembled. Questions I have are:
* I was going to take the sideplate apart to clean it. Is there anything I need to be careful about when disassembling it?
* I need a firing pin seat which I'll have to try and locate somewhere. Doesn't this also need some kind of a spring for the firing pins?
* One of the parts on the Numrich site was called a locking bolt. I'm not sure what it is or where it goes but it's a pretty good sized part that I don't see in my gun. Any thoughts? Would it happen to go in the round hole in the receive right in front of the safety rod?
Well this is a start and I'm sure I'll come up with some more questions as I go along.
Thanks,
Kirk
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