You are one lucky fellow to not have sustained bodily harm from that one! 28.5grs of 7625 is a pretty light load. When I was 14 I was handloading 2.25" loads for a stout, or so it seemed, family VH12 and thinning the sparrow flocks around our farm when one shot rung my ears good. When I looked the top rib had separated from the bbls for about 2.5" down each side and opened up the breech a tad. Likely my first hearing loss incident. My brother still has the gun. It's never been repaired and is likely not worth repairing since it needs a butt stock also. I'd like to suggest parting it out at some point.
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