popular wisdom says minimum barrel thicknesses of .023 and .025 are marginal, even for black powder loads...ah learned dat from old ed...
more important measurements are barrel wall thicknesses in front of the chambers, where pressure curves are at their peak...ah learned dat from dr.drew...
so long as barrels are tight against the action face, with no day light showing, then a tiny amount of play is fixable at minimal expense...ah also learned dat from ole ed...
did they tell you about approximate age of gun? that info would be helpful in guessing strength of action...ah learned dat from readin...
pictures of locking and bolting systems would be helpful...ah learned dat duh hard way, from buyin guns listed in shotgun news, befo we had da internet...
Last edited by ed good; 08/24/17 10:29 PM.
