Model 25 Question

matt760 · 04-05-2008, 08:53 AM

I have a model 25 12 gauge. I got the gun for free because it had been left out by a buddy's stepdad. The gun got rained on and possibly run over or smacked a telephone pole or something. Anyway the barrel was bent and the entire gun was covered in rust. My grandpa straightened the barrel as best he could and sanded it all down and reblued it with a cold blue of some kind. It looks better now than it did though obviously not perfect. The gun shoots okay but when I load the magazine tube shells get stuck in it. They get stuck so tight the only way to remove them is to disassemble the gun and push them out from the front end. It doesnt so it with every shell just some. I tried sanding the inside of the breech end of the mag tube thinking that maybe there was some rust built up in there from sitting out. This didnt help. Any thoughts? If not I'll just keep shooting it one shell at a time.

GlennF · 04-05-2008, 12:12 PM

The magazine tube may be out of round or the magazine follower could be bent. The gun has seen some rough duty. The model 25 was similar to the model 12 but was not a takedown design. Magazine may not be the same as a model 12 as my model 12 mag. tube is threaded at the breach end.

SwedeSteve · 04-05-2008, 01:23 PM

Me thinks you are out of round as well. That is the logical place to start looking.

matt760 · 04-08-2008, 05:11 PM

yeah this one is threaded too. i i knew they were similar to a model 12 but a little less pricey-i guess due to the non take down design. ill check it out. thanks

turner · 04-08-2008, 07:26 PM

I'd not ever pull the trigger in that firearm....sorry.

04-05-2008, 08:53 AM	#1
matt760 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 152 Trader Rating: (0)	Model 25 Question I have a model 25 12 gauge. I got the gun for free because it had been left out by a buddy's stepdad. The gun got rained on and possibly run over or smacked a telephone pole or something. Anyway the barrel was bent and the entire gun was covered in rust. My grandpa straightened the barrel as best he could and sanded it all down and reblued it with a cold blue of some kind. It looks better now than it did though obviously not perfect. The gun shoots okay but when I load the magazine tube shells get stuck in it. They get stuck so tight the only way to remove them is to disassemble the gun and push them out from the front end. It doesnt so it with every shell just some. I tried sanding the inside of the breech end of the mag tube thinking that maybe there was some rust built up in there from sitting out. This didnt help. Any thoughts? If not I'll just keep shooting it one shell at a time.

04-05-2008, 01:23 PM	#3
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,136 Trader Rating: (0)	Me thinks you are out of round as well. That is the logical place to start looking. __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

04-05-2008, 12:12 PM	#2
GlennF Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 28 Trader Rating: (0)	The magazine tube may be out of round or the magazine follower could be bent. The gun has seen some rough duty. The model 25 was similar to the model 12 but was not a takedown design. Magazine may not be the same as a model 12 as my model 12 mag. tube is threaded at the breach end.

04-08-2008, 05:11 PM	#4
matt760 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 152 Trader Rating: (0)	yeah this one is threaded too. i i knew they were similar to a model 12 but a little less pricey-i guess due to the non take down design. ill check it out. thanks

04-08-2008, 07:26 PM	#5
turner Banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tn Posts: 623 Trader Rating: (0)	*I'd not ever pull the trigger in that firearm....sorry.*