lagopus
Thanks for your reply, but I am somewhat confused and concerned--based upon the current email I got from alledgedly the Greener folks re this shotgun it appears that it was produced as a 8 gauge gun in 1884 or at least that is what it "implies"-- I was under the impression that it was one of the "light" or "medium" weight guns that Greener produced.
So was this typical that the barrels would have been proofed a 9 bore @ breech/10 bore @ muzzle and produced by Greener as an 8 bore??--Or has someone later on rebored an original 10 gauge shotgun to 8 bore and passed a fake 8 bore onto me?
Second question, from your first response it sound like I should not shoot this shotgun until I have it reproofed? Or just not with even reduced loads of smokeless powder until I have it Nitro proofed?
Third question, how does one go about getting the gun/barrels reproofed for Nitro loads?
Thanks for your help either way--I would appreciate your candor.
