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At this point, I'll throw out a wild-assed guess and say he left the gun where mud dauber wasps were able to build a nest in the barrels, or there was some other bore obstruction. The closest I ever came to a Shotgun blow-up was a strange feeling that I should check the barrel on a shotgun I was pointing at a groundhog near my garden. I lowered the gun and eased back into the garage and saw the barrel was plugged solid with a mud dauber nest. I now keep tape over the muzzle of my garage gun.
Second guess would be a problem with the cartridge. The gun was tried and true for 141 years. Every shell you chamber is a brand new unproven potential problem. Even factory loads with strict quality control sometimes get recalled due to screw-ups. Might be worth sending out some unfired shells from that box for pressure testing. At this point, guessing is just discussion.
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I'm guessing that it wasn't a fault with the barrels. As mentioned, likely an obstruction or a shell issue.
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It'll be interesting to see the pics ............whether it was a chamber blow out or down the barrel aways. That tells a lot in itself.
If the chamber blew it was almost certainly an overload that caused it. If it was way down the barrels, an obstruction.
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Last edited by Stan; 02/06/19 10:07 PM.
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Unlike Wakeman and jOe, Ill be waiting for the evidence before deciding what went wrong.
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Don't compare me to him...I just said you never know when one will blow.
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At least we can all mostly be on the same page about Wakeman.
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Like I've always said you never know when they're gona blow... Actually, you do. Stick the muzzle in the snow or mud then shoot it, it will blow. Leave a cleaning patch in the bore, it will blow. Shoot it with a wad in the bore, it will blow. Mistake IMR 4227 for black and load by volume, it will blow. Very few such incidents remain a mystery once the failure is examined.
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Don't kid yourself they have blown for no apparent reason.
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Anxious to see the images Gene. Prior to any of us sharing our opinions (learned or otherwise ), it might be worth reviewing this protocol and an example of a blown barrel evaluation which was in The Double Gun & Single Shot Journal, Vol. 27, Issue 3, p. 17, 2016; to my knowledge the only published failure analysis https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZnptAPvQIlWG5n5UU2FmKcFpYtVmOSc4b7K7G9IBs4g/edit
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The most telling statement in that report:
"...unusual report with every previous shot..."
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