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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
Folks say that any barrel wall thinner than .0025" is not safe to shoot but there are people who shoot guns with .0019" confidently...
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I agree with Dean, with the caveats he mentions. I have a number of guns that have 25 thousandths thickness out toward the muzzle. I also have several English/Scottish doubles -- with relatively recent reproofing -- that are at or near 18 thousandths out toward the muzzle...and those include 16 and 28 bore guns.
I probably err on the more conservative side on the loads I shoot, but generally shoot the "standard" loads of shot for the gauge...with any exceptions made for any gun based on my (probably very unsophisticated) assessment -- and the game I'm shooting (at!).
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