This post is a bit silly, a simple disassemble and reassemble, no real repair involved, but I am short on content as I have yet to have a workspace to work on guns after my move.
A friend of mine dropped off a couple of long guns that he had inherited from his uncle, he wanted me to check them out, clean them and make any repairs if needed.
He is a retired LEO and is moderately knowledgeable of firearms, but not classic guns like the Savage/Springfield 745B shotgun shown here and the Winchester model 1894 that I repaired earlier this past summer (see that post here).
Savy gun enthusiasts may recognize the silhouette of the Savage/Springfield 745 as that of the Remington model 11/Browning Auto-5. That is because this is a copy, built by Savage under license. The guns were made between 1940 and 1949.
When I picked up the gun, I noticed the action was open, not uncommon for a semi-auto shotgun, but what was different was the magazine spring was jammed into the action.
My first thought is that someone reassembled the gun and forgot to install the follower.
I was incorrect in my assumption, someone simply installed the magazine spring upside down, the follower was there, only on the wrong end.
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