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Originally Posted by jay shachter
Hello Guys,
I don't chime in on these conversations often,...Sorry for the long post. It is my reason for not writing. I can't say things in a few words while typing!
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Jay, I really wish you WOULD chime in more often - excellent post - thank you..!
As a few of you know - I've been following this thread closely for a while, but more recently - hanging on every word for personal reasons. You see...
Recently I put up my DH 20 DAM Parker Show gun for sale (
click here if you are a PGCA Member) and the potential buyer asked me what the barrel wall thickness was? I told him, honestly - I'd never had it checked - and after firing hundreds of RST and my own low pressure rounds through it - never thought to? So, Monday - I did..
To Jay's point about light barrels small bores that left the factory that way, I would agree. Well said! You see, this 26" DAM had an UNSTRUCK weight of 3 pounds exactly (no ounces stamped). Today - after striking and whoever refinished them - they weigh in at exactly 2 lbs - 8.2 ozs, a difference of only 3.8 ozs..
Now - on to the other measurements - bore size (L) is .618 and .619 (R) with constrictions of 0.16 (L) and 0.11 (R). The barrel wall thickness is 0.019 (L) and 0.015 (R) - BUT those are 7.75" from the
MUZZLE, not the BREECH..??
So, anyway - I'm wrestling a bit with what to do with this little DH beauty based both on this thread and the collective wisdom posted in this thread regarding wall thickness... Leave it, TIG sleeve, shoot it with removable 28GA tubes - leave the original BBLS as is, etc...???
Hope this helps with the data from my little DH bbls..
John