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I got the last part in the other day and finally got to shoot her for the first time yesterday. It functioned well, with just one small hiccup, it did not want to feed one shell. Seemed it wanted to "tilt" the front up too much and kind of "stove piped" it. I wondered if I were to bend the angle bar ever so slightly towards the butt of the gun it would tilt the front of the magazine enough to not effect it so much as to mess it up but to solve this issue? All in all it works like a charm but D**n!!!!! she kicks like a mad mule!

Has affected me only indirectly, my younger brother has been on furlough from GSMNP. 

I am glad to hear from someone with personal experience. I've been looking to do this on our front porch but have been hesitant. Looks great!  Cost per sqft and before pics  :x:

Ty kind sir. I've not heard of that particular gun but will look into it, sounds intriguing.

Thanks for the kind words. I really like it myself. I used flat rustoleum tan camo for the base and Krylon "black lava" webbing spray http://www.walmart.com/ip/Krylon-Webbing-Spray-4-oz/24805159 which is tough to find other than online markets. I then applied 3-4 coats of clear matte finish. I am very pleased at the outcome. It is in all aspects a "utility" shotgun being worth no more than $150-175 at best in very good to ex condition I bought it originally for $50 and put about $60 in new parts and materials in it. The love was free :) The lite brite pegs were a friends idea when I found the original plastic indicators were sold out all the other parts other than the paint are OEM.   As far as a method on the webbing paint I actually put the can in some hot water, I read somewhere that for thinner webbing to do that and for thicker put it in the fridge. I then just kind of started about 12" from the end and from underneath in an upward angle pffffffftttttt in one fail swoop from one end to the other. I made 3 or 4 passes to get my desired look. At first, if you choose this, you will not like it. Let it sit for a few, it looks like you just squirted it with silly sting but it will "seat" in after a few minutes.

I got it put together but still waiting on the magazine stock plate and need to "fit" the recoil pad. After some thought I am going to re-blue the barrel as well. [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/18/mzdu.jpg/][/URL]

I appreciate the thoughts, however I may have mislead everyone. I just want them to be glossy  :P

I wanted to do just that, but it was very cost prohibited. I enjoy fixing things and making them new again and would have loved nothing more than to have made this look just as it did when it first hit the shelves at a local Western Auto but the stock alone would have been right around $95 unfinished. The stock on the gun was too far gone to refinish the way I wanted. It actually looked as if someone ran out of bullets and beat someone to death with it. It was cracked, busted, and painted with some kind of hammered finished thick plasticoat crap, so in short,  I made due with what I had. My feelings are not hurt as I wanted the same as you Mike, but other than the color of the stock what makes it a "tactical"? Just to fill everyone in so far I've had to purchase a magazine, angle bar, angle bar screws, magazine latch, magazine stock plate and for my shooting comfort a recoil pad. So technically I will still have more in the gun than its worth even without a new stock.

[URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/34/hl5n.jpg/][/URL] Krylon Webbing Spray "Lava Black" [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/tg1x.jpg/][/URL] I used some old lite brite pegs for the safe/fire indicators. Anyone have ideas on how to make them "shine"? [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/43/nkrt.jpg/][/URL] Ready for the hardware as soon as the rest of the parts come in.

My buddies and I, as teenagers, would load up in an old Ford Fairlane (which btw was an old park ranger car one's step-dad won at an auction) and cruise the the back roads of Sevier County doing what teenage boys do. On many Friday evenings 5 or 6 of us would pile up in that old car and head out to a "bootlegger" to purchase a tasty beverage or two for the weekend and right in the middle of the path was a big intersection we called the "T" it had a large hump in it. We would stop a good 3/4 mile back before it, take out a skull with dreadlocks hang it on the mirror, buckle up for safety and hit that hump at about 60mph. I have no clue how that old car or us ever lasted through that. It felt as if we flew a mile. The whole car was off the ground for what seem like eternity and WHAM we hit the pavement on the other side giggling like a bunch of girls!

"fence" was more of a failed attempt at sarcasm   :D

Dayummm! Apparently couldn't find a reputable fence to dispose of it. Hope it means a lot of folks will be getting their stuff back.

I saw that too. My in-laws live in Ten Mile and heard they recovered somewhere around 300K worth of "stuff" weirdest being a full size trampoline, how the he** do you steal a trampoline? along with refrigerators and other stuff uncommonly stolen. I hope they hang em high! 

how can that site claim it's harmless whenever, if I had seen it, would sh**, slip in it, fall and break my neck?

I believe we all should have the right to carry, as law abiding citizens, anywhere and everywhere, but in this anti-gun society he probably just started thoughts and discussions at the state level to ban guns at the state capital and anywhere else they deem "necessary" to make everyone safe.

Parts came in yesterday and after arguing with the numrich sales guy on the phone when I ordered (I stated I believed it to be a mossy 195, he was adamant it was a 395) I ordered the magazine, magazine latch for a 195 and to appease mr. know-it-all, the stock plate for a 395, well today I'm sending the stock plate back in exchange for a 195 stock plate. Everything else works. I have officially declared it is a Mossberg 195 series   

Sweet, I have come into my own with a liking of the old guns!

I am currently in the middle of a "piddling" project on a Western Auto (pre '68). All online sources say its a Mossberg 395 but Mossberg 195 is more like the gun and the parts but I digress :) I've ordered a new magazine, magazine latch, angle bar, stock plate, and angle bar screws from numrich. The stock was/is in bad shape, cracked in a few places and unbeknownst to me, completely busted and screwed back together but done so pretty solidly. I am working on it and possibly going with desert tan with black webbing paint, leaving the barrel the "old brown" color. Initial investment $50 Before: During:

There is still an operating Western Auto in Newport, TN don't think that have an FFL though [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/266/lvt4.jpg/][/URL] Uploaded with [URL=http://imageshack.us]ImageShack.us[/URL] When I first started driving gas was .89/gal Nirvana is now classic rock and our Walmart was just the Big N (Pigeon Forge folks will know it :) )

I am looking to start myself. I have all the stuff needed to start from my days of making hard cider. I want to make some hefeweizen 

Awesome news my friend!

well I've ordered a "195" magazine (cause that is the only model that is 2 3/4" only as my gun is) a "395" stock plate and magazine catch...................we'll see how that works out. FYI one guy at Numrich is a p****rhead. :)

I found that as well, but the trouble I'm having is that all the 395's I'm finding do not look like this 312. It looks more like a 195, irregardless I am hoping I can find an ole mossberg pro that can tell me what parts are the same across a broad range. I need a "stock plate" I believe the mags are mostly universal for the mossy bolts. 

Ok so I bought this beast for a grand total of $50 dollars and all indications are that it is a mossberg of some type. I do know it is stamped "Revelation" 312 Western Auto Supply Company 12 Gauge 2 3/4". There is no serial number. It still looks like a 195 but all the literature states its a 395. I need a magazine and a "stock plate" which appears to be somewhat universal across several models. I need a Mossberg "expert" to contact me for some advice please and thank you. :)