I beg to differ.
Show up at the proof house, with that gun, and it will fail view. This is because there are pits in a bore that is at the edge of being in proof to begin with. Since the rules were revised a few years back (one of you across the ponders help me out on the exact year, please) and the two proof rounds are fired in each tube, lots of old guns fail proof, even without pits or heavy lapping. .010” is the max deviation allowed upward from bore dimension at proof. You can bet your sweet ass that .006 wall, 9” from the breech, isn’t going to survive a current reproof, pits, or not. Wall thickness does actually matter.
They aren’t being honest. “In proof” implies the gun is sound. This one, isn’t.
Best,
Ted
