doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Briley fitted tubes... anyone?

I'd shoot the gun as is, or move it down the road, but that's just me.

I'm probably the black sheep here but I could never get my head around the idea of using a bigger bore gun to shoot little loads, by using tube sets, except for clays competition where you use a carrier barrel.

I love .410s, and 28s, so it's not an issue of not liking little bores. But, if I'm going to shoot them I want them in the appropriate gauge gun. Something just seems out of whack to me, to want to shoot a particular gun so badly that you will pay for tube sets and shoot the "wrong" gauge shells in it. If I really wanted to hunt with that Parker, I would....... as is. And, let the hair go with the hide.

Not trying to start a debate, or argument. Just my opinion, and it's only worth what you paid for it. But, since you asked ...........

SRH

I agree with the guys who advised you to just go hunting with this gun as is. It made it all these many years without the muzzles getting damaged. So with normal care, it should be fine for many more years.

Yeah, the only barrel "damage" to be expected is the burnishing the muzzles experience stuffing them into and pulling them out of, the case.

It's a nice gun, put it to use.

The gun weighs #6 right now so the 10 ounces are extra weight but not as bad as putting that weight on a #7 + gun.

The minimum wall thickness of .025-.028 is about 6-8" back from the muzzle. The measurements at the muzzle are greater than that but still look thin to the eye.

That is what I am thinking. Thanks.

Denting a shotgun barrel is possible anyplace along it's length, not only at the muzzle. Your measurements would not concern me, too much. I'd be as careful as prudence allows, without being paranoid about it but, I'd certainly use it and enjoy it.

I'd love to see some pics of a Turnbull restored DHE. I hunt with a DHE, too, and as I recall the MWT are no more than that either. I'll have to look them up in my info and see.

Best, SRH

Thank you for the info and advice. I do not mind paying $750 for the assurance and peace of mind. By nature I am control freak and tend to over think everything. I want to enjoy the gun, be careful with it but, if an accident were to happen and the muzzle end was struck into something inadvertently, that the tubes would provide an extra back bone for the original barrels. Thanks again for the help.

That was what I was planning on. A 28 gauge set fitted to the gun and hopefully, running full length to the end of the muzzle. .410 is not needed as I have a beautifully upgraded specialty grade L.C. Smith in .410. As for the fixed chokes or choke tubes, I really don't know which I would go with.

That is good to know. I am fine with fixed chokes. Thanks for the info.