Remington Model 58 Magazine cap

[10x]

A friend asked me to look at an heirloom Remington 58 12 gauge. It wasn't ejecting and feeding correctly.
This took only a few seconds to see the problem. In this design the magazine cap has a dial to designate H(igh) power shells or L(ow) power shells.
The dial is missing, likely blown off when the setting was mistakenly between H and L.

Gun parts corp and Ebay has 20 gauge magazine cap assemblies, but not 12 gauge.

Can anyone recommend another place to look?

I am also cleaning it for him. He does not know how. It looks like it hasn't been cleaned since 1963. No corrosion, just very dirty.

[TheNash]

There is this on eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/remington-sportsman-58-magazine-cap-springs-and-inners-12-ga/224326491633?hash=item343ae69df1:g:H4YAAOSwkc5gAW0 B

It looks like this is the most sought after part. Jump on it before it?s gone

Here is some information for him

https://www.leeroysramblings.com/Gun%20Articles/remington_58_1100_1187_SG.html

[10x]

Good catch, thanks. I put a call in to my friend to get his ok. 5 day auction, so, i have a bit of time.

[10x]

I put in an offer.

[TheNash]

Hopefully they go for your offer.
There’s not much out the for this rifle since it was made only a few years

[10x]

Shipping today. Thanks for the help.

[TheNash]

Glad you scored one for him. Got to keep the old guns up and running.

[10x]

Very true. As soon as i get the part, i will take the gun out and shoot it to be sure it works properly.
My friend thinks that you cannot shoot Winchester shells in a Remington gun -that was part of the reason it wasn't working correctly. We shall see.

[TheNash]

Ha [ROFL1]