Dean, I get picked on so much over in the shotgun room at the club a little here won't make any difference. Maybe I should have put a disclaimer in my post. You're right, it would be nice to measure the wall thickness. I'm use to looking at American made SxSs, which are a bit thicker than our English cousins. Over there the guns were usually gone through at the end of hunting season, and that could mean a honing of the barrels. Back here the gun was usually just oiled up and put in the closet, no honing. I'm use to looking at muzzles with .040 to .060 wall thickness. With that in mind I assume, right or wrong, the rest of the barrels are still factory specs. I believe over there .020 at the muzzle and they'll still proof load and test it. I wouldn't shoot a gun with .020 at the muzzle with your fingers. No offense taken by your post - I think we're on the same page.
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