I've owned shotguns that were sleeved, my first thought on all of them was obviously, what happened to the barrels? Second thought was who did the repair? Third thought is always the most important, would I let one of daughters shoot the thing? To me, sleaving kind of diminishes the story of the shotgun. That excludes situations where there is no feasible alternative.
I'll get some pics posted in the next few days.
I'm taking it to my normal gunsmith this week to have him check it out. I checked the thickness using the gunshop's equipment (same equipment they used to get .012) and came up with .020, I then used mine (home made and good for most situations) and came up with .022.
I spent a great deal of time both in the shop and at home trying to come up with their numbers because I found it hard to believe the steel on this was a little over 2x's the thickness of an aluminum can and I'm certainly no professional gunsmith.
Thanks again for any input.
Jeff
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