Given that some gun dealers can be as unscrupulous as the worst used car dealers, I think the uk proof laws put down a yardstick. True, you can measure your bore and wall thickness but if you have the original size stamped on the barrels, you could guess how many 'miles' are left in the gun. It's not a dear job to re proof for me as I'm in the uk anyway but I can see your point about the cost of sending a gun from the states to the proof houses here.
I wouldn't like to say that a thicker wall is a guarantee of superior strength, depends on the quality of the material and the worksmanship of the maker I suppose.
Replacement... I missed your post earlier regarding the radius at the root of the breech face. Sorry if I seemed to have repeated what you said. I reckon your view on it made more sense than mine.
Last edited by El Garro; 11/14/12 07:02 PM.
