dented vh barrel

[charlie cleveland]

base wad coming loose and another shell being put in gun and fired...this would be my guess... the base wad on a new shell rarly comes loose but ive had it to happen...in reloadind a shell thats been reloaded several times the base wad has much greater chances of coming loose and lodging in the barrels..this has happened to me several times ive been lucky ive always look down the barrel after i shoot when shooting a single or double barrel...most of the times that the base wad turning loose has happened when i was shooting at still targets but has happened while squirl hunting...always best to look down the barrel after each shot if useing a break open gun...i relize this is impossible with auto s and pump guns and that a person with a break open gun would forget if he or she was shooting at birds while hunting in a moment of a flurry...i even had a ten ga automactic that the gun ejected only the brass hull all the plastic part of the hull stayed in the chamber the way i discovered this was another shell could not be loaded into chamber...i guess it was my lucky day.... charlie