Hoyt Weathers's 20DWM

John Sabato · 08-19-2005, 01:33 PM

I beleive that this is a reworked military gun that was eventuallly imported into the USA... The misalignment of the witness marks means the barrel was removed at some point and either replaced or reinstalled... It also looks like the stock lug was ground off at some point. As was any chamber marking... the size and impression of the number stamps seems to be inconsistent.

The gun appears to be improperly assembled in the top photos because the upper assembly is in the rear position... likely that the mainspring hooks have not been engaged before closing the takedown lever...

Once properly assembled, it will be a fine shooter... or if you want to make it pretty, send it off to Ted Green (THOR) for a beauty shop treatment...

08-19-2005, 01:33 PM	#5
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	I beleive that this is a reworked military gun that was eventuallly imported into the USA... The misalignment of the witness marks means the barrel was removed at some point and either replaced or reinstalled... It also looks like the stock lug was ground off at some point. As was any chamber marking... the size and impression of the number stamps seems to be inconsistent. The gun appears to be improperly assembled in the top photos because the upper assembly is in the rear position... likely that the mainspring hooks have not been engaged before closing the takedown lever... Once properly assembled, it will be a fine shooter... or if you want to make it pretty, send it off to Ted Green (THOR) for a beauty shop treatment... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*