How are the barrels of a Perazzi shotgun attached?

If you are not kidding......a good gunsmith should give you the best help. Rule #1 Never fire someone else's gun without their knowledge. Rule#2 Never fire some unknown shell such as a flare in someone's else's gun.

The mere possession of a short barrel is not a crime, but since you also have the receiver and can readily adapt the barrel onto your shotgun you could still be charged with the illegal possession of a short barreled shotgun. This seems to be the generally accepted view of the ATF, though every individual law enforcement has his own understanding of the law. Basically, if I were you I wouldn't want to be caught in public with it disassembled or not. It isn't worth the hassle of fighting over it in court and facing a possible 10 years in prison.

Actually they attach the barrels with Bubble Yum bubble gum, after all it's a $5,000. shotgun, and only the best gum will do.

I think that you should "accessorize" this for him. That way your uncle will be blown over by your thoughtfulness, and not be mad at you,

You are going to need a light, some rails, duct tape, Krazy Glue, and a rivet gun.

Take the rivet gun and attach the rails to the forearm. Doesn't matter where, just as long as they're on.

Use more of that Bubble Yum to attach the flashlight to the rail. Now give the flashlight a couple wraps of duct tape that is covered in Krazy Glue. Presto, you have a rail mounted light.

You will need a good scope of course. You should get an ACOG like they have on airsoft guns. This is specifically made for close range combat, like with a shotgun. You will need the scope, an old rag, Bubble Yum, and more Krazy Glue.

Put Bubble Yum over the barrels, doesn't matter where just as long as it's on top. Now stick your old rag to it. Douse the rag with Krazy Glue. Attach scope to rag. (This protects scope from shock) Shazzam, scoped shotgun.

Now you have successfully upgraded a Perazzi shotgun. Anyone would forgive the flare incident, when their favorite shotgun has been souped up like this!

When your uncle gets home he will be so surprised that you won't believe the look on his face!

Its screwed! Sad story brought tears to my eyes. I don’t find such things remotely funny.

Other than replacing the barrels it will never be the same.

Now you could modify it if you have over the legal limit of good barrel left. I have done his myself with a side by side that the muzzles were crushed. You cut the barrels off a few inches past the damaged area. Then silver solder them together carefully so no solder is showing (silver solder wont hold bluing). Drill and tap for front bead sight. Then use bluing remover and go over the barrels with very fine steel wool after cleaning up where you cut them off, wipe down with more bluing remover and cold blue it or send it out to be professionally done. You would then have a useful shotgun.

Problem with this is you have to know what you’re doing, over heating the barrels when silver soldering can destroy the barrels. Cutting them down requires experience or you will go nuts trying to get them right. Whereas a pipe cutter works on a single barrel it won’t on a double.

So I would just take it to another gun smith and ask him to shorten the barrels, solder them, install new bead sight and blue them. If done right it will look nice.

I completely understand how it feels to have a gun fvked up. I will never lend a gun out again after I had a shotgun scratched to hell outside and inside and the barrel bent. My policy now is if they need a gun then buy one. And if they damage any of them I will sue them in court!

Two things can make me fighting mad; someone touching my wife or my guns.

LOL. Uncle Buddy is not going to be pleased. Silver solder is the most common method. Are you sure your Uncle Buddy's gun is an MX3? There's only one barrel on that model http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Ite... Or did you mean to say the vent rib is now detached from the barrel. Hey, it'll only cost you around 2 grand to 2500 bucks to replace it. Look on the bright side! Oh, yeah, you tried that "bright side" thing already with the signal flare. (Was this a test, or simply meant to be humorous. I'm laughing my butt off.)

We could braze the rib back on... and add a 1913 tactical rail back we we do that welding. The choke tube threads are junk so it looks like a 18" bob-job is in the works too.

Uncle Buddy wanted a "coach gun" anyway.

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Uncle buddy will be well piss*d I dare say!! :-)

If he hasn't used it for a while he may pass it off as fatigue??

Failing that slink off with it, saw off about 18" of barrels and part of the stock and sell it to some likely bank robbers. ( To comply with YA this is a purely childish statement and should not be done)

Holy Christ! ha ha ha!!!

Duct tape always works. If that fails, J-B weld that b**ch up!

Screw silver solder.... and tig welding. When you have duct tape and metal epoxy, you're good....

Simply outstanding story! I am laughing my a$$ off right now! thank you!