Grade O top lever Hammer 16 with 34" barrels

[Andy Clark]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

All the while reading this,the question you answered in the last sentence was on my mind. I have always enjoyed my skill of visualizing a good engineering drawing, or mechanical description. This was one of those moments. It boggles the mind how things which were once right can be so wrong.

You are not kidding Edgar..I realized after I posted it that I didn't include that info. Which would have been your first question

[Harold Pickens]

Well, a possible solution has been proposed. Since the chambers are in bad shape, someone either ground a ring in the right chamber, or a hull rusted in it. Briley's chamber inserts tubes could be used, the ones that are approx. 14" long, to go from 16 to 20 ga., or 16 to 28 ga . I would much prefer 20 ga.
There would still have to be a lot of work to be done at the breech.
These might then be able to be fitted to my other 16ga O grade hammer gun, making it a 2 barrel set. The other gun sports 26" and is extremely nice.
The wall thickness was .033 to.035, but there was a lot of concern as to whether there might be tiny pits much thinner. Of course full length tubes could be fitted . There would be a lot of work fitting it to the new gun. So going to explore the possibilities before giving up on it.