On 20 Jan 2004 18:46:31 -0800, (Jon Oblad) wrote:

I've recently acquired a Stoeger 2000 semi-auto shotgun, and notice
that no one makes a magazine extension for it. It would seem that if
I want one I'll have to have it made at a local metal working shop. I
know nothing about metal working except that this probably won't be
cheap. I can expect to pay about $60 an hour for such work, right?
Will it be easier/less expensive to ask that it be milled out from a
solid block of metal, or to have them weld a tube (cut from another
mag extension) onto an extra (drilled out) end cap? Perhaps some
other way? Any other tips, suggestions, warnings or information
greatly appreciated.

For those who might not know, a magazine extension is a screw-on tube
that replaces the end cap to a shotgun magazine. The tube makes the
total length of the shotgun magazine longer so that the shotgun has a
higher amunition capacity.
Here's a picture of a Choate tube, separate and attached to a shotgun.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?J18F12127

- Jon Oblad

Its basiclly a Benelli Montefeltro, recoil operated, with the recoil
spring around the magazine tube. I think, personally, Id go with the
screw on extension and a nice clean coupler that keeps both original and
extension tube together with little or no gap between them that the New
magazine spring and follower you will need will not hang up in.

All you need is a piece of tubing the same size or a smidge larger than
the base tube, a coupler threaded on one end, a thread on the other end
fo the tube for a cap and depending on how many extra rounds you plan on
extending it to..another magazine tube clamp for out on the end. Thats a
lot of leverage hanging out there. Id use steel, not aluminum for the
tube and coupler.

Measure the thread on the stock tube, have it duplicated on one end,
inside a chunk of steel no bigger in diameter than the original cap,
Pick up a magazine tube from Numrich Arms
http://www.e-gunparts.com/

and silver solder it into the other end of the coupler. You may either
thread the end of the tube for the cap, or simply close it off with a
plug, silver soldered in. (which is what Id do..simply plug the end of
the extension tube)

Making a Tactical rig?

Gunner



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