Regarding “Prayers for Healing” and an update
 

Our injured brother and I have been conversing and he still requests anonymity until he feels comfortable talking about what happened. Our brother thanks you all for lifting him up in prayer. From our brother who may be down now, but he’ll be back!!

“Surgery went amazing. We’re already ahead of anything I thought was possible. If you could post that we’ve communicated and that I’m greatly appreciative of all the thoughts and prayers and I’m making great progress I’d appreciate it.”

So there you go guys and gals!

Thanks for the update.

Thanks to you for the update, and to the Father who heard and answered the prayers.

Good news! Hope progress continues

Photos of the gun coming soon.

Here are a few photos of the barrels.

I strongly believe that was caused by an obstruction in the bore, possibly a base wad from the previous load.

The shooter must have been left-handed.

Is Drew Hause around? He is the expert on barrel failures

This is another reminder for me to train myself even more to check the bores before loading each time. I attempt it, but do not have it "down pat", and often just drop in two more loads without checking the barrels for daylight at the muzzles.

I discussed this with a member of my weekend skeet group. He shoots an O/U; I only shoot the side-by-sides these days. We both agreed that we check the bores between shots frequently but fail to do so very time.

Is this not a good argument for the inherent safety of a break-open gun, especially if you are reloading your own shells?

Glad to hear that our fellow PGCA member has had some successful treatment.

His name may be unknown to me, I will continue to pray for continued progress with his recovery.