I seem to stumble across these heavy Grade 2 10s in twos and threes. I have another one here, SN 31597 weighs 10lb so also an 8ga action, with 32" damascus bbls that measure .790 id and .865 od min, with no choke in r and about 15 thou in left. The min wall at the forcing cone/chamber junction is roughly .400!
It has the wildest stock repair I have every seen. A full 3" section of wood was cut from the wrist (from just behind the guard to just in front of the pg cap) and a new piece of wood was transplanted (I can't say spliced because they are butt joints.) There is an angled screw through the PG cap going up into the new piece of wood. Haven't taken it apart yet to see what holds the other end in place, aside from the trigger gaurd tang.
I bought this thing cheap so I am thinking of shooting steel through it and if the ends of the bbls fly off, so be it. If it can't take it then it's just a boat anchor as who the heck wants a 10 lb gun for anything other than waterfowl. I figure with about 30 thou plus of min wall and lots of room for the steel shot exiting the muzzles, this old gun might get through a season or two.
Has anyone actually written anything scientific about shooting steel in lightly choked damascus bbls? It's supposed to be as good or better than early steel bbls, in terms of rupture. How about anecdotal evidence?
Last edited by doublegunhq; 11/06/06 11:54 PM.
