[IRON WORKER]

Here is steel model 50 for sale,complete action.

https://www.gunsamerica.com/955817323/WINCHESTER-MODEL-50-12GA-COMPLETE-STEEL-RECEIVER-EXCELLENT.htm

 

[Highrider]

Couple of downsides with your pa's Model 59. Cracked aluminum receiver equals junk no mater what sort of sorcerer works his magic on it and it's too light to be of any use for the above mentioned boat anchor.
Upsides are its parts. Those barrels don't grow on trees and the furniture is scarce as well. Forend cracks were a thing with the Model 50, the 59's daddy, and to an extent the '59's suffered them as well. This shotgun and the 50 were the handiwork of 'Carbine Williams' and his 'floating chamber' and truth be told, was well ahead of the times. The 59 is a fun gun to shoot.

 

[mac1911]

contact gun parts they might buy it or sell a receiver for it good info here Winchester 12ga Cracked Receiver...

gun parts corp ,,,,nah strip it and post the non regulated parts on Ebay you will make more.

 

[mac1911]

Here is steel model 50 for sale,complete action.

https://www.gunsamerica.com/955817323/WINCHESTER-MODEL-50-12GA-COMPLETE-STEEL-RECEIVER-EXCELLENT.htm

@ $275 I would be looking for a complete gun

 

[IRON WORKER]

@ $275 I would be looking for a complete gun

I 'd say you'll be looking a long time , low end shotguns selling in the $500-$700 range .Then you still have a parts gun to sell.
Ebay is full of parts and no bidders.

If its a shotgun that has personal value and well liked the steel receiver would be best option. Always make a trade or offer too.

 

[BobVZ]

That gun is obsolete and has been out of production since the mid 1960's. Winchester won't be able to help your dad. The crack appears to be in the bottom of the receiver where the mag tube screws in, not where the barrel is. This happens sometimes if you try to remove the mag tube without heat and it splits the narrow band of metal. If the split didn't go all the way through it might be repairable by a competent TIG welder. But you'd then have to re-thread the repaired area.

 

[mac1911]

I 'd say you'll be looking a long time , low end shotguns selling in the $500-$700 range .Then you still have a parts gun to sell.
Ebay is full of parts and no bidders.

If its a shotgun that has personal value and well liked the steel receiver would be best option. Always make a trade or offer too.

Seen a few on gun broker around $500
What I ment is st $275 just for a receiver another $200 or so gets you into a complete gun.

figuring out how it split
Maybe some corrosion between the mag tube and receiver , being aluminum and steel mix?
keep us posted on what you do.

micro welding has come a long way

 

[Deerhound3]

It would be best to take it apart and look at it, but it hardly looks like total junk. Most aluminum can be welded successfully. I don't weld aluminum, but have cut and welded many steel receivers and bolts. A lot of steel receivers have to be re-heat treated. I seriously doubt that is the case with this. I mean, they started out with an aluminum receiver.

 

[USAAF]

The Win-Lite semiauto 59 ended production in 1965. Winchester has been gone now for close to 20 years already. FN bought the Winchester name when Winchester went under. They made 82,000 of them so a receiver might be located. But other then that its a wall hanger.

 

[GUNBB]

It broke for a reason. Bury it and move on. Nothing is worth your eyesight or your life.

 

[IRON WORKER]

Folks anything can be repaired but can it be justified.If its sentimental value there are gunsmith that specialize in precision welding.
But you have to realize It won't be cheap.

Your dealing with disassemble, clean/prep,weld,recontour,polish,probably damage to serial number.Refinish receiver.
Reassemble.Your looking at $$$$ for a quality repair.

These receivers are prone to cracking in other areas too.No reason at all to look for anouther 59 .Looking for a model 50 yes.

Now if the OP can disassemble /reassemble ,maybe even cera coat or dura coat himself may be able to have it done cheap enough .

It will always be a repaired firearm ,never retaining value of original.

 

[martin08]

Before attempting any repair, all parts should be stripped from the receiver. For the best working surface, a steel table or a bench with metal covering should be procured. Perhaps the anvil ledge of a large bench vice will do. Place the receiver securely at the center of the supported surface and smash it with a hard and quick blow from a five pound sledge. Fixed.

Gloves, chaps and faceshield should be donned.

 

[03man]

Aluminum receiver = forget a repair; even though that crack is in the bottom.
I suspect there may be wear/cracks at other places in the receiver also.

Retire it, buy another- but I'd get a model with a steel receiver.

If we were "post apocalypse", and it was the last shotgun I had, maybe it could be reinforced, but would look like crap.

 

[Lyman1903]

Before attempting any repair, all parts should be stripped from the receiver. For the best working surface, a steel table or a bench with metal covering should be procured. Perhaps the anvil ledge of a large bench vice will do. Place the receiver securely at the center of the supported surface and smash it with a hard and quick blow from a five pound sledge. Fixed.

Gloves, chaps and faceshield should be donned.

with an alloy receiver, strip as you say, put in a vice and crush, or put a big long wrench etc thru it and bend it,


better yet, just toss the thing in the recycle with the beer cans

 

[one shot 1]

I don't know the lamp idea is growing on me .

 

[1911crazy]

What model? Try egun parts numrich for a receiver? The last winchester 120 slug gun I paid $225 at a gun show.

 

[87mustang]

Aluminum receiver or steel, in that spot it likely runs to the barrel. In my opinion, it's hosed. It's not like filling scope holes, that's a structural integrity crack. Try to find a stripped receiver or find a new pump gun.

 

[rogdigity]

I told him it's toast. Lucky for him I gifted him an 870 super mag for Christmas so he's not completely out of the fight.

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[vintovka]

Have seen this before and think its result of attempting to build an "ultra light" shotgun. Seen lots of spare parts in past but no receivers so there that.