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					Originally Posted by  David Deck
					 
				 
				This has been a good discussion on thinner barrel walls.  Now, does anyone know a reliable gunsmith who will backbone to leave the walls a little thinner than 0.030?  I have a nice 12 gauge DHE on a #1 frame that is still too muzzle heavy with wall thickness of 0.031.  I would like it backboard to say 0.027-8, but can 't find anyone to do it. 
			
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 I wonder how much weight that would save? Back when I worked at the pipeline company I made an excel program that could calculate this exact thing (although with somewhat larger bore sizes 😂