Wondering ?????

[C.O.B.]

I spoke to Steve last night and the barrels and chambers were to the original specs regarding wall thickness and chamber length. These barrels were not honed in any way. The bulge is approximately at 2 3/4 inches and the chambers are 2 1/2. This probably occurred by using a high pressure 2 3/4 inch shell in a gun chambered for 2 1/2 inch shells.

As a note of possible interest a friend of mine was shooting his Fox Sterlingworth when the barrel burst at the chamber. The previous shot went off without any problems and the target was broken. Sometimes things just break.

[Drew Hause]

Thank you Rich. Could you please inquire as to what the wall thickness at the end of the chambers, at the forcing cones, and at the point of the bulges measures? That information is quite important to those of us who chose to use Pattern Welded barrels, and have followed this thread with great interest.

Does The Parker Pages have a Mechanical Specification Drawing with the "original specs" for wall thickness by gauge?

[Sheepherder]

Has anyone thought of the possibility of shells loaded (or re-loaded) with STEEL shot? Both barrels, with the same problem, at or about the same time? It's got to be a load/barrel relationship issue. Not an obstruction.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Hal Sheets

Has anyone thought of the possibility of shells loaded (or re-loaded) with STEEL shot? Both barrels, with the same problem, at or about the same time? It's got to be a load/barrel relationship issue. Not an obstruction.

In that case -I believe the ring bulge would be at the chokes. Not the forcing cone