Well, I finally got a call back. The guy said he would pay to have the barrels honed out. He says he didn't know. What do you think? I'm not sure if lengthening the forcing cone and back boring would fix it or not. I don't want to have barrels that are too thin. I'm thinking of letting Brileys look at it. I don't know of anyone who works on shotguns in NM.
I've been down that road in the past and it usually hasn't worked out. Unless he is visually impaired he had to know about the severe pitting so I'd be nervous about anything else he says. And Doug is absolutely right--the pits are in the most critical area of the barrel. I understand your desire to have a 16 and its relative rarity but the deal has already gone bad.
