I replaced the front bead on an old Winchester Model 37.
Is that a golf tee.
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What the hell IS that? A nail?
This is a 60 year old clay busting machine! I patterned it and needed a front bead about .250" above the barrel. First thing was to remove the original bead, it unscrewed in less then a minute with no drama. Unfortunately, the tapped hole was between a #3 and #4 thread. There was enough meat left to drill & tap a good #4. The barrel is .065 thick here so I got in 2-1/2 good threads.
I drew it up in SolidWorks but don’t have a 3D printer anymore. I machined it on a small mill in nylon but it was a little soft. It came out OK but now I will remake it in aluminum. It screwed in fine & I polished the inside of the barrel to make sure it was smooth.
It is a white plastic light pipe from a real front bead. I’m too cheap to buy one.
If you want it 3D printed, send me the file.
From this day forth, you are now our forum’s Bubba. 
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Thanks! It would print fine if it was side down on the print plate. If it works good & busts clays as planned, I will be in touch.
Probably a question for our admin, can a nick name be added to member’s names? Say, contributing members that are active get a nick name, it would be something related to their online posting personality. Yes, Bubba triggered this thought. For example…
Silverado- meme man, always posting great meme’s
Scorpio- Buster Clay, setting up our meet up’s.
Adds a bit of personality
After this post, I’ll add myself
Redeye65- Don’t Think
Is everyone OK with this?
@Silverado427 @scorpio64 @rifleman
Confirm and I’ll proceed.
I edited Redeye65’s user profile to include this title as and example. Admins can edit this, not sure about Mods. I don’t mind doing these on request. Let me know.
Edit: With the test I did for Redeye65, if he were to select something else in his user profile it wipes out whatever custom entry I add so the user can always clear this. Just FYI Admin/Mod would have to add again.
I’m good 
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Now we just need members to be them self for a title.
Sure! How about Bubba Gunp?
I remade the thing in aluminum today and gave it a Sharpie paint job.
I added a 13/16" diameter steel rod in the stock to add about 8 ounces of recoil soaking weight. Works great and if she is a little butt heavy (hahaha), the barrel swings great and easily gets in front of the target. I’m not a great shooter but this gun sure is.
