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I think that if you hunt/shoot long enough you will eventually have a barrel obstruction, be it wad, mud, snow, etc.
For just those occasions be it my gun or my partners gun, I carry a multi-piece military surplus cleaning rod in my vest.
Jim
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Many years ago my younger brother and I were duck hunting in an old rice field on Little St. Simons Island off the GA coast. I heard his 20ga 11-48 shoot a squib load. I hollered not to shoot again, but a big bunch of bluebills came in and he fired.
The barrel burst at the choke. I've had a number of squib loads myself but always stopped to clear the barrel ever since that time...Geo
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Flip that puppy over and show us the other side.
If there's witness marks from pellets, the wad was loaded upsidedown.
The hollow sound from a poor gas seal does sound like a double.
Been there, heard both.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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Here is the bottom: 
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Well....
It's certainly scorched.
Could possibly have been loaded cocked and didn't seal.
The shotcup was melted or torn off.
One thing for sure though, had you reloaded and fired the barrel would have blown.
Glad it turned out well.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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Sidelock
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Straight or pistol grip? I've heard that the higher POI of the pistol grip makes for more dud shells.
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WTS, straight grip. So, would a high bird theoretically increase the chance of a stuck wad as well?
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You realize WTS is just messing with you, right?
Socialism is almost the worst.
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Was the left barrel shot, too? If so, sounds like the guide helped you diagnose two problems, one with the shell and one with the gun. We all know we should check the barrels of a double after shooting, but my adherence is more in the breach than in doing so. I need to get better at doing it. The guide prevented a bigger problem. Good for him. Gil
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Just the wad will certainly not always burst a barrel, it normally takes a bit more weight to do so. This from tests run many years go as reported on by Burrard. Never-the-less one would certainly not want to intentionally fire another shell knowing there was a wad, or anything else, in the bore of the gun. Always better safe than sorry.
Miller/TN
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