Well lady luck smiled today and I was there to receive it. As some of you know, I have been searching for a barrel latch lug. Now I can buy one, but the idea is to get one on the cheap. Its not that I am cheap :eek: , its just that I really like a bargain. So...... today I stopped by my local gun/pawn shop to check on what was new, or old and left over. Found out the other day they have a "back room". Where they keep all the "bits and pieces" of old guns. Some are complete guns with only a bolt or clip missing or something broken. Finally got the owner to do a bit of searching for me. Found a ratty looking 12 ga Pardner 88 shotgun barrel. The latching lug looked to be in good shape, but the fore arm lug was broken off. Did a little "jawing" and walked out with it. Thinking that I finally found me a decent lug that I can remove and start looking for a barrel to introduce to my "new" lug. Got it into the shop, cleaned it up, shot a bit of oil to it. Thought well, lets see if it will even fit my 223 UV frame. Lawsemercy, it locked up juss like it was made for it. I mean like tight, no gap at all, no wiggle waggle, nuttin but rock solid tight. Well I was just gonna cut the lug off, but this dang barrel is not in all that bad a shape. Now....(handiholic disease sets in), I can't decide whether to try to make a shotgun out of it or just use the lug. I hope Ron is reading this, maybe he will see what he is getting into. Oh well, whatever,..... I saw one more old shotgun barrel in there too. Another 12 ga. Maybe I should just go down tomorrow and liberate that one too. Yes, I understand I can stop this anytime I want to. Just don't want to right now.
