Rebuilt another old favorite.

[Gordie]

Early 70's Westernfield 550 same as an Mossberg 550,500 3inch chamber,forcing cone extended,backbored to .735,cut choke for choke tubes, dura coated and refinished Stock. I think this is one of the nicest stocks I have seen in a long time.

Before

After

[fishersofmen]

Nice looking gun.

[Fowlmouth]

That stock is really nice looking

[Ufatz]

Is that wood for real!!? Wow! Usually see that kind of wood on a high end double or OU.

If its real somebody got lucky!

[PurpleFloyd]

Sweet looking resto.

[leech~~]

Very nice work Gordie. Great to see old things reborn! Did you do the jewel work on the breech block also or was that there?

[Gordie]

Yes that is real wood Ufatz and I was amazed also. This gun was built back in the day when a piece of wood was a piece of wood, and they sprayed tinted poly on them so they would all look the same.

leech that is a factory jewel on those old mossbergs, and its one of the nicer one have seen too.

[swamptiger]

Never seen a Mossberg that fancy.

What's the vintage - late 50s, early 60s?

[Ufatz]

Taking another look, I conclude that stock was ADDED to the gun after it left the factory. Can't believe they would have a CARVED stock as factory stuff. Frankly and personally, I don't care for stock carving so all they did was ruin a dandy piece of wood as far as I'm concerned.

Still quite a nice old piece. Should be easy to determine vintage. I'm betting not as old as you think.

[Gordie]

The Stock is a factory piece of wood it was never been off the gun until I pulled it off. It was the factory poly that they use to spray on the stocks in the early 70's or late 60's.It was a trap model however and that may explain the fancy lumber.

[Ufatz]

Ahhhh........if it truly was a "trap gun" that would indeed explain the stock.

Too bad the defaced such pretty wood with carving! Ha Ha Ha!

Nice wood for a Mod. 21 or a DHE Parker 20. It could pass for a trap grade Mod.12 for that matter, except for the metal finishing.

Nice old piece.

[leech~~]

It's a beautiful piece of work Gordie keep it up. When are you going to start some receiver engraving work?

[minky]

Great job, nice old gun!

[Gordie]

It's a beautiful piece of work Gordie keep it up. When are you going to start some receiver engraving work?

I can do a lot, but I'm not sure I'm ready for engraving yet, The school has been get a guy named Roger from the engravers guild that puts on a two week class that I may try and attend next spring.

[leech~~]

I can do a lot, but I'm not sure I'm ready for engraving yet, The school has been get a guy named Roger from the engravers guild that puts on a two week class that I may try and attend next spring.

Engraving is a different animal for sure that take some steady hands. Not me, I can hardly put a flat screw driver in the slot without stripping it!

[lawdog]

Beautiful restoration. That is a pretty piece of wood on that stock!