Is it heresy to convert a 30" winchester made in 1903 to

Put a grenade launcher on it

>Is it heresy to do something that's been exceedingly common for at least a decade?

Depends how you look at it. For me personally it depends on what shape the gun is in and why you want to do it.

Unless you're building a CASS gun or a trench/riot clone you would likely be better served just buying another gun.

>>30780350

If you can remove the original barrel without damaging it, and keep the original barrel in good condition, I don't see why not.

>>30780560
To add to that, go ahead and do a Google search for replacement barrels and tell me if you want to chop it.

PSA isn't exactly cranking em out. I have a boner for the 1897 too and while I hate China, I don't want to be some pro street or or cafe racer fag that's chopping up classics that haven't been produced in ages so I can cosplay

>>30780617
I went and did some looking because I was curious. You'd have to get them from dudes on GB for stupid prices.

>>30780644
Yep, last aftermarkey barrels I saw we're around $250. A beat up 1897 cost about as much as a chinaman trench gun.

That being said, it seems like 1897 barrels would be a nice market void to fill. Along with faux Ithaca 37 barrel tabs.

>>30780560
I was thinking of making it like a trench gun and maybe getting swivels and the shield for it. Don't know how easy it would be to get swivels though.

>>30780617
I was looking it up and barrels are stupid hard to find. They're also going to be at least half the cost of the gun in the first place. I got a pretty decent deal in the first place, but buying another barrel would kind of shit that up.

>>30782686

Barrels are hide to find because people like yourself want short barreled riot style guns, and they have hacksaws.

Try to not be part of the problem.

>>30782727
>Every chops theirs down to the short barrel
>Short barrels are now impossible to find

???

>>30782727
Except there's a million of the damn things with 28 and 30 inch barrels that nobody wants because anybody looking to blast birds is buying a newer, lighter, and more reliable gun.

The only people left who want real 1897's are either into riot models for cowboy action shooting or building a trench gun clone.

>>30782920
Should I take this to mean that there's nothing really wrong with changing it?

What would be the result of having the choke on anyways? I assume it means I couldn't use steel shot or slugs with it, which in my state means no hunting.