Don, I had a similar experience a few years ago with a cut barrel VH 12 I bought for $600. Never measured wall thickness. I was using 1&1/2oz mags on released pheasants to "fill in" the pattern of the cylinder bores. The first shot of the day, I failed to bring the bird down and used the left barrel, also failing to stop the bird; but, the report sounded strange. I took the gun down to reload and saw the 5" split in the left barrel starting at the tip of the forend. I looked at my left hand and the finger count came out right. Kirk Merrington sleeved in a couple skeet choked tubes for $1600 and it is now my go to gun for anything except South Dakota pheasants. Also, a little more expensive than I had anticipated when I bought it.
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