OK. Thanks for the clarification.
But how do the wall thicknesses in and around the chambers/forcing cones measure?
The mins your 'smith gave you could be way down the tubes. What about closer to the breech?
Someone has taken a bunch of metal out of that end of the bbls - and who knows how good a job they did. They recut the rims, enlarged the overall diameter of the chambers and then pushed the length out - probably by 3/8".
Since that's where pressures are highest, I would want to be extra sure there's enough meat left.
If the gun blows in that area, you're in trouble. Just think of how close your face is and then imagine flying shards of metal.
Personally, I couldn't shoot a gun like that -- regardless of what a gunsmith says. I would worry every time I pulled the trigger.
OWD
Last edited by obsessed-with-doubles; 09/17/15 11:56 AM.
