Wondering ?????

[Fishtail]

It's possible that the offender didn't even know the barrels had swelled. I could easily see myself shooting a gun at an event where there were lots of people and commotion and never paying that much attention to the gun. Keep in mind the swells are just that - gentle swells - and not ruptures or jagged edged. The Damascus pattern helps hide them, too.


I'm not taking sides....but I gotta say whenever I let someone shoot one of my guns I am very specific about what shells they use. Very specific.

It appeals to the ego to be a laid-back gun dealer who jauntily hands someone a multi-thousand dollar, 100 year old gun while casually saying "Bring it back when you're done..." But I think the dealer in this case has learned a lesson the hard way and will be less magnanimous from here on out.

"Don't lend someone your car or your girl...someone might throw a rod in 'em."

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by greg conomos

I'm not taking sides....but I gotta say whenever I let someone shoot one of my guns I am very specific about what shells they use. Very specific.

Whenever I let someone shoot one of mine, not only will I insist on what shells they will use - I will hand them a box or two of MY shells.





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[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Whenever I let someone shoot one of mine, not only will I insist on what shells they will use - I will hand them a box or two of MY shells.

Very true. That way if something goes wrong, you have no one to blame but yourself. At least you know what shells are being used and if you reloaded them, then you know who may have made the mistake.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Whenever I let someone shoot one of mine, not only will I insist on what shells they will use - I will hand them a box or two of MY shells.





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Dean, how many of your guns can I borrow??

[Double Lab]

Honing or lengthened chambers would be the likely cause at that location. I once owned a GHE 12 which developed a bulge in the chamber when I was using a set of chambermates in 28ga. The "o" ring on the insert failed and the pressure was essentially trapped within the chamber. I found out later that the previous owner had lengthened the chambers to 2.75". That was a long time ago, way before I knew anything about barrel modifications.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by greg conomos

I'm not taking sides....but I gotta say whenever I let someone shoot one of my guns I am very specific about what shells they use. Very specific.

It appeals to the ego to be a laid-back gun dealer who jauntily hands someone a multi-thousand dollar, 100 year old gun while casually saying "Bring it back when you're done..." But I think the dealer in this case has learned a lesson the hard way and will be less magnanimous from here on out.

Couldn't agree more