Mike was correct. Absolutely nothing posted on the web or written in a book will make your gun safe to shoot. Only inspection by a qualified gunsmith and your own best judgement based on the report of the gunsmith is the deciding factor.

If the gun has not been inspected and the barrels measured by a professional consider the gun unsafe. The name on the rib or type of steel means nothing until this is done.

This gun has steel barrels. Here is what the gunsmith sent me upon inspection:


Pete