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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
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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.
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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.
Out there doing it best I can.
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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.
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I think if you do some research you will find most gunsmiths think .025-.028 at the muzzle is fine. 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.
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briley will most likely make you a set of flush tubes for this fine gun...sucks that the barrels are so thin... That is what I am thinking. Thanks.
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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
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My wife has a set of 28 and 410 tubes for her Pre-Type 1 20 gauge Citori. The tubes are easy to install and remove. So that is not an issue.
Briley tubes are good and will cost a fair bit. They can and will do almost anything that your need. Are you going for screw in chokes or a fixed choke?
Me? I would shoot it as is and enjoy the experience.
Mike 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.
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Get a fitted set of featherweight tube that are fitted to the gun and sense you are going to send it there you might as well buy the 410's. Same weight as 28.
bill 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.
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Briley tubes for 20 ga to 28ga have to be fixed due to diameters of 28ga tube too close to 20ga interior diameters.
But if barrels are thin at muzzles it might permit this.
I have tubes for my K20 ou,easy to use
& pretty effective. That is good to know. I am fine with fixed chokes. Thanks for the info.
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