I have never seen the type of barrel damage described so will just have to imagine what it might look like. I am wondering though how it could happen unless the shooter was extremely unlucky. If the shooter was shooting at flying targets and the gun was pointed up after the first barrel was shot the gun would probably still be in the up position making it unlikely the shot would roll down the barrel. If the shooter was firing at a ground target such as a rabbit then the barrels would be pointed down and one would think the shot would have started rolling down the barrel as was described in the opening paragraph of this thread. How unlikely would it have to be that the unlucky shooter would ALWAYS shoot the second barrel as the indicated shot pellet would be in the same position of the barrel? I have no idea what is causing the damage but for it to always be in the same place if you accept the open crimp theory seems unlikely to me.
For those who will check their shotshells and pull the loads, why not simply fire them in the right barrel? Seems like a lot less work.
Forgive me if I am missing somethiing here.
Dennis
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