When I was a kid in the 6th grade I made a 12 gauge shotgun out of cast iron plumbing pipe with a piece of pine 1x4 I carved into a stock. I think the reason I'm alive today is because the barrel was quite a bit bigger then the shell, however it had a lip that the base of the shell was able to seat against. When the gun was fired the shell casing would burst inside the barrel and I imagine there was a ton of blowby past the fiber wads. I was also shooting target loads. Even though I tried to hide it, the shotgun finally "disappeared" and that Christmas there was a brand new shotgun waiting for me under the tree.
Steve
Last edited by Rockdoc; 07/30/11 08:34 AM.
