Have these been honed?

[Quack me up!]

Here are some bore measurements taken on a set of Damascus 12ga. barrels. I just want you guys opinions as to if these seem to have been honed.

RH barrel .736 ID at full length of the Skeet bore gauge from Brownells
4" in from muzzle .734
3" " " .733
2" " " .728
1" " " .710
1/2" " .699

Left barrel dimensions are all within about .002 of the RH.

The gun came new choked Full and Full, 30" barrels
I would think that the full choke constriction should start further back from the muzzle.

I checked barrel wall thickness as follows.
RH 16" in from muzzle .041"
average is .031 overall
thinnest is .028
muzzle is .049"

LH 16" in from muzzle .046"
average is .032"
muzzle is .051"

Any opinions would be appreciated.
Thank you.

[OH Osthaus]

i would doubt an untouched barrel would have a spot that is 28 thousands or a 31 average.

[Chris T.]

If I'm correct on the math, that makes .063" for the choke. Isn't full usually around .035-.040" ish?

[AmarilloMike]

Choke is .035". The wall thicknesses, bore diameters and choke dimensions all look factory to me.

Best,

Mike

[Leighton Stallones]

Same here as Mike. About the same as my VH.

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Leighton Stallones

Same here as Mike. About the same as my VH.

I agree with the above.

[Bill Murphy]

Sorry, Chris, you're not correct with your math. The gun is just like most post 1895 Parkers, both in bore and choke.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Sorry, Chris, you're not correct with your math. The gun is just like most post 1895 Parkers, both in bore and choke.

And wall thickness? Admittedly no Parker expert, but i would have expected more meat in damascus.

I measured a set of Parker tubes that I know for the fact were honed at least twice and that is almost exactly the wall measurements. I need to go back to the DGJ destructive tests and see where those Parkers fell.

Other damascus I have measured (light English guns) were thicker, and K Kearcher had lightly honed one of them for me.

Still learning here, a lot

Thanks

[Bill Murphy]

Could have been ground down on the outside. Or the measurements could be a little off.

[AmarilloMike]

I once owned a very high condition DH with Damascus barrels. It came with a small dent in the choke of the right barrel. I sent it to Kirk Merrington. He called me and said the dent came out fine. Said the wall thickness right at the beginning of the choke was .019" and that he had no doubt that is how it left the factory. Also have a high condition sixteen DHE, also sent to Kirk, also with MWT .019" right ahead of the chokes, also, in Kirk's opinion and my opinion, left the Parker factory that way.


Best,

Mike