That's what I figured, because to this day I remember how terrified I was when I took the 30" tubes off my dad's CHE and put them on his 26" BHE.
I was down in the gun room and he was upstairs. Shear panic. Fortunately, the gun would open fully, so there was adequate room to remove the hook screw, poke it out, and get them off.
That was probably 40 years ago, but I surely will never forget those 10 minutes seeing my short life pass before my eyes.
Someone asked me if the 26" tubes went on the CHE OK. Having narrowly dodged a horrible death, I never got that far. I can't remember if I ever fessed up to my dad, but since there was no harm in the end, I bet I didn't.
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