Cut barrels and regulation?
So, last week I met with a local gunsmith who has the correct equipment and a thorough knowledge of vintage doubles to take a look at my barrels. MWT looked great.
The barrels had been cut from 28" to 26 5/8" which I already knew.
Yesterday I took the GH 12 Gauge for a walk around and afterwards decided to shoot each barrel with RST Lite 2 1/2" #7's. Mind you, this was offhand at 25 yards but I was really surprised to see the right barrel print about 12" right and the left barrel print about 12" left. Will being cut have anything to do with this? I realize a sample of one each barrel isn't much but height was identical and I have shot offhand with others to pattern and have not had any trouble. Right barrel still had about .010 constriction and the left had about .020 and both were evident on paper.
Ryan
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