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I was commenting on the sheer fallacy of relining pits in gun barrels with epoxy... That's a far cry from machining out pits in landing gear and then chrome plating.

I commented on the 2020 fantasy of repairing a pitted shotgun bore when that idea was posted. Essentially, I said it was a totally impractical fantasy, and that no epoxy we have would withstand the combination of pressure and the intense heat of powder burning, along with the simultaneous friction of the payload being propelled down the bore. I felt it was likely the epoxy repair would fail very quickly, and if it delaminated, it could create a bore obstruction..

Ghostwriter said at the time he was going to try it anyway. We're still waiting on the results.

Like Ted says, not everything can or should be fixed. It was a silly idea. But not nearly as silly as Princess Stevie's idea that those "holes" in the breech face just above the water table was an old method of deactivating a gun.

I am also highly skeptical about Princess Stevie's role in reactivation of the supposedly deactivated Gibbs single shot he/she posted about. Among other work, he/she claimed to have TIG welded a hole in the chamber.

But a few years back Princess Stevie told us in the Custom Rifle forum that she sent out a Mauser action to have someone who actually knew how to TIG weld build up the receiver to convert it into a square bridge Mauser.

I do my own TIG welding. And I wasn't dumb enough to just jump to some asinine conclusion in that other Thread. I realized we needed additional information or pictures to determine the purpose of the holes in that shotgun breech face. Someone who claims to be a gunsmith should have followed my lead instead of sticking his/her neck out to act like just another internet know-it-all. Instead, she demonstrated profound ignorance far worse than Ed's idea of soldering a separated barrel lump. But when you farm out work to other real gunsmiths, I guess you can take credit for the things they did too, and attempt to run away from your previous stupidity..

Another case of having folks just think you're stupid, or choosing to post your thoughts and remove all doubt.

The "calculation" for whether something should be fixed is different for everyone.

A sentimental attachment to a particular gun will change the calculation considerably, as will an effectively unlimited budget.

While my budget in 2026 isn't unlimited, it certainly allows for far more discretionary spending than it did in 1980. There's no way I'd own many of the things I own today, including guns, boats, fishing equipment, etc.

I didn't see what Ted said earlier because I have him on ignore, or I would have commented earlier. But I can see what he said now on your post. And I agree with you, Geoff. Sometimes different amounts of money will be spent on the same gun depending on the circumstances. Sentimentality definitely plays a big part in how much you spend on a gun. And if you need something to fit into something you collect, better go for it.

DimmyW, Ted posted a day or two ago that you sent him a PM... which he deleted without opening or reading it.

If you really were IGNORING him, you wouldn't have sent him a PM message. Some of us are enjoying watching you make a fool of yourself. And some are dumb enough to actually believe you.

Life is hard. It's harder when you are stupid.

I also forgot to mention, I saw FOUR Repros on a guys table at the National Gun Day Gun Show last Saturday. I asked him about them falling apart and he said he has one he has been shooting since they first came out and he has had no problems with it. He has always collected them and never knew about any problems......... And speaking of guns failing, I also passed a table that had several Remington 1100s. I asked the dealer about the brass pin- he showed me one of his 1100s that had the pin in it and he confirmed what you gentlemen said on here about strengthening the forearm on my post on March 29. I believe it was Clapper Zapper and Kutter. So, thank you for that. You were absolutely correct.