Which dremel bit?

[TimMTP]

What's everyone using to open/smooth the loading port on their shotguns? Grinding stone, sandpaper, or carbide?

[bigbrowndog]

nothing with power!!!!! files and sandpaper. it takes about one hour to get a very nice job done with files, a vice is nice as well, although not needed. JRW did a very nice job in a hotel room with stuff purchased at a local hardware store.

trapr

Edited June 9, 2010 by bigbrowndog

[cas]

I believe I mostly used a file, maybe just a touch of blending with a flap wheel.

Edit: Now that I think about it I'm starting to doubt myself. I think I did it all by hand. The flap wheel was on something else I worked on that night.

Edited June 11, 2010 by cas

[kurtm]

I use a tungsten carbide burr in the Dremel and finish up smoothing with a final cut file, and craytex polishing tips.

[Fullauto_Shooter]

Trapr / Kurt / All,

Could you post some close-ups of what your loading ports look like? Mine has had some work done on it, but think it could be better / smoother.

Thanks,

Doug

[Jadeslade]

Here's one done by a Grandmaster of stuff like this- 00bullitt-Tod Litt. He really know his way around a metal shop.

[Dan Sierpina]

A vertical milling machine and a 45 or 60 degree cutter.

[Loves2Shoot]

A vertical milling machine and a 45 or 60 degree cutter.

+1 Must faster, cleaner, and a better finish

[mpeltier]

Milling machine would be faster for sure. A file fit my budget a whole lot better though.

[Fullauto_Shooter]

Here's one done by a Grandmaster of stuff like this- 00bullitt-Tod Litt. He really know his way around a metal shop.

Looks very nice - thanks for posting!

Anyone else care to share a pic or two?

[cas]

I tried to not go too extreme with the change.