VH 20 Ga. Info. Needed

[Brush Buster]

Larry; If you could post pics. of all parts you question ,you will probably get responses from the many qualified and knowledgable folks on this forum that could clear up what your concerns are !

[Pahkuh]

Russ,

Here are some of the issues that concern me about this gun:

The barrels appear to have been honed; the bores, measuring .624", are bright and shiney but for the last 8-9" at the muzzle where their diameter drops, over a distance of approximately one inch, to .620". The last (at the muzzle) 8-9" of the bores, although shiney, have a series of 3-5 arcs - only on their outboard sides - that look like deep, but polished, chip marks often left by a less than careful reamer operator. The barrel flats are stamped 32 yet the barrels only weigh 2 lbs. 10.4 oz..

The barrels also measure 27 15/16" with almost no unengraved rib at the muzzle.

My main concern is that if the barrels have been honed as I suspect, the minimum barrel wall thickness may make the gun questionable for use.

Larry