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Kirby Schupp, Owning Problems Others Caused
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OTHERS CAUSED
Nobody expects blame for a fault discovered but not caused by them, but it has been known for the mechanism defect(s) in question to sometimes create undeserved attitude directed at the one encouraging correction. Some conditions getting temporary alleviation may have been compromised by the lack of time or proper materials for lasting repair, but pragmatic temporary decisions to hurry something back into use will need eventual correction later. If the earlier juryrig has not been disclosed to the owner, or if ownership changes without relevant notes passed along, the next one inside just might get tagged with the problem – sometimes even if it was disclosed upon discovery. This situation may also occur in a mechanism untouched since the factory, mainly due to an owner unwilling to entertain the thought that the maker could ever do anything improper (even though worker errors are well-known, like automobile “lemons”), so it must be the fault of the discoverer. This is known as a “time bomb”, or the last one that touches it – dies. Potential or repeated (and in their mind, unwarranted) blame events have made some decide that defects or rigged repairs located are to be re-rigged or left unannounced to the owner and pass the buck to the next unfortunate set of hands. Minor problems are bound to be discovered in mechanisms with considerable use and/or age, and in many cases these will be corrected as a matter of course and may or may not be deemed as necessary to disclose or charge for such a slight effort. In the event of sufficient input being necessary, it is advisable to notify the owner about the discovered error and let the choice of expenditure belong in their hands, if the error does not call for mandatory correction or isn’t necessary for the job to proceed. Recoil pad or buttplate screw holes being loose is a common problem encountered, and some of the “improvements” to pad/plate retention or screwhole fit can be a mere inconvenience, and others might be the equivalent of the “can of worms”. The recoil pad in the center was enterprisingly snugged by wrapping the screw threads with strips of electrical tape (double yellow arrow), and a similar “genius” improved the screw fit at the right arrow tip by using what looks to be string wrap to keep the pad snug. That proved to be insufficient since the holes also have had sleeves of aluminum foil jammed in place, and one segment is seen in the top right image stuck on the screw tip used for extraction from the nearby hole in the wood. The two pads seen on the left were special cases, with the first having some white caulk or similar residue affixing the pad to some extent, and the next pad showing evidence of incidental varnish (or similar finishing product) creating a sticky joint line that in both cases could have made stock edge damage likely if prying tools needed to be brought into action. A razor can usually work better to separate surfaces in a similar condition if a slight gap of opportunity can allow the slim blade enough entry to complete the division.
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A trio of extractors in this next picture has the pivot-to-plunger span bracketed to show that the end two are similar, and the knock-off specimen in the middle has considerably more inbuilt dimension. The two end items are comparable, but the thickness and other differences make interchange inadvisable especially due to the hook corner differential being greater in the item on the right. The left extractor might go in, but not be correct, and an interchange is not certain to be recognized by someone (such as an average shooter) unfamiliar with these differences. The “special” center sample might be able to go in, as the others might, but if the excess length bottomed out in the recess, strikes in the barrel/chamber area or during the bolt stroke might cause incidental damage due to interference or parts clash.
The level of damage revealed during disassembly can at times be extensive, as this stock happens to show. A pair of opposing sides each cracked (indicated by the arrow ends) and the main structural center developed a 3-legged Y split. All together, each side has become an independent section not acting as a whole, with the remainder support being due to the structural surroundings of the frame sections and sidelock plates. The clamping forces of the assembled parts in place can inhibit independent movement of the separated segments, but the fractures make the creeping of contact faces and split lines during recoil impact forces an encouragement for the splits to widen and wear down the matching faces needing to be rejoined.
After the stock cracks were remedied, the fit that was missing from the time of manufacture became evident in the lack of wood contact along the back of the frame. Note the apparent gap between the metal and wood that is rather considerable in the red bracketed section at the top, and the lower bracket denotes the light seen between the faces that should be contacting, not gapped. The minimal contact present for the recoil forces was bound to be absorbed just in the edges instead of across a broad contact section, and being so highly localized would tend to find any grain line faults that could be encouraged to separate. As it was, the age of the shotgun and level of use made it seem fortunate that no sections had become free pieces – with all of the relocation difficulties of getting more than one end properly located during reattachment.
Todd and Derek Stephens with their Fulton County Bucks. Congrats on a great day spent with your brother. Thanks to Shae Birkey for sharing the photo.
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