Thank you Brian. Having never been faced with this level of (irreversible) work on a set of barrels before, I haven't had to contemplate the options. Grinding the flats seemed a rather extreme necessity to me but I just couldn't figure a way to do it w/out wrecking the bluing etc. Of course grinding the flats assumes material exists to allow the mod in the first place. Then, there is the matter of identifying other elements of fit that would be affected and require attention. Thanks for setting me straight.
I really don't want to haphazardly go cobbling away at the barrel set. Thankfully they'll be usable with the gun come October. Therefore, using it as is for the upcoming season will allow for a level of certainty that the mod is warranted considering the irreversible nature of the required work. The set of 16ga barrels are not serialized to any gun, yet.
10-4 on the roll joint..glad you have some - it appears I may be in need of a rust blue come new year as well so..
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