Wall-hanger or shooter?

[Mike Franzen]

Tom, if you are serious about finding out if your gun can be safe to shoot then you need to send it to Kirk Merrington. He will evaluate what you have and make recommendations how to proceed. Most of us posting here will not give advice on the safety of any set of barrels. The best we can possibly do is point you in the most prudent direction and hope you can make a good choice. Anyone telling you anything absolute about the safe, shootability of your barrels from a post on the internet is a fool and anyone taking that advice is foolish as well. The barrels are the single most important aspect of a gun. There are only a handful of truly qualified experts that can telll you whether or not the barrels are safe, can be repaired, should be altered or be replaced. I recommended Mr. Merrington because I have used him for this exact same situation. One thing I would like to see you do is post the guns serial number on this thread.