Rich, that was me, as you know, and Brad repaired my barrels and I shoot it all the time now. He told me that if it was anything but Laminated Steel he wouldn't even have attempted it. Something about Lam that makes it more resilient than the other composites...
I wrote about the gun in Parker Pages less than a year ago - "Shot to Destruction" is the article to look for.
I'll bet a dollar that a set of fluid steel barrels of that vintage would have suffered similarly (or blown out) under the same circumstances.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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