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I don't have a photo site to share pics, but a friend sent me pics of a Kemen O/U with a blown up barrels. It looks like the top of the top barrel blew out, wood behind action came off and I think forearm broke also. It's hard to imagine you could overload a reload enough to cause this kind of damage.
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You can forward any & all images to me & I will kindly post them for you.
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I had a Kemen. It means "Strong" in Basque.
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Let me guess, a trap shooter, and hand loads.
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MX 2000 bought 2nd hand. The seller shared that the barrels had been 'tuned', but not that the MWT at the burst was .012"  ![[Linked Image from photos.smugmug.com]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Barrel-Evaluations/Barrel-Bursts/i-NXWTmdX/0/LvH2hTBHg9jFQBgq3dCB8LC2SgqvwM7R8wHdzKvX4/M/Perazzi%20MX-2000%20honed%20.012-M.png) If it looks like this, with a ring bulge, it was an obstruction ![[Linked Image from photos.smugmug.com]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Barrel-Evaluations/Barrel-Bursts/i-dZZpfsx/0/M4K5S2JVHkxDsv3c6TJb75QMCPNfqgCPGSfrH2wtg/M/Obstruction-M.png) The original Armas Kemen ceased operations about 2017, but returned about 2023.
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I don't think these two events have any relationship to each other.
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Out there doing it best I can.
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MX 2000 bought 2nd hand. The seller shared that the barrels had been 'tuned', but not that the MWT at the burst was .012" If it looks like this, with a ring bulge, it was an obstruction The original Armas Kemen ceased operations about 2017, but returned about 2023. Yikes.
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Where, on the barrel, did the blow out occur . . . . chamber, mid barrel, further down bore?
It matters much when diagnosing.
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Awwwwww..... It'll buff out! 😃
Last edited by Jimmy W; 03/23/26 11:28 AM.
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