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Tony, Glad no one was hurt. This posting was a great excercise in problem solving. Creative minds lurk in this forum. I would not have thought of the tubes or the lamp  . Randy
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Were it mine, the FIRST thing I would do is get it to the Birmingham Proof House for a proper accident investigation. They will be able to tell you if it's a scrapper and, perhaps, provide a possible cause of the failure. Per its website:
"Many times a year weapons are sent to the Proof House to determine why they were damaged whilst in use and the staff will, on the customers behalf,examine such weapons and provide expert advice, backed up by photographs and related report on the most likely potential causes of failure. Such a service has proved to be of extreme importance in relation to later insurance claims."
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Thanks Vic, makes sense, given they saw and proofed the gun two weeks ago. I'll contact them then decide after we see what they say...no real rush.
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Some time ago, I bought an AE Fox, 16 bore. After shooting it a few times, I noticed "soot" on the Barrel. I took it back to the shop I purchased it from and he examined it. It had been "repaired" at some point in time. My money was refunded and in front of my very eyes, the barrels were cut into pieces on a chop saw. A good guy to do business with..
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Tony, the 'Companion' tubes are (as far as I can tell) a 12 ga only product. They are a non-fitted alternative to more expensive fitted small gauge tubes.
Briley can no doubt fit a tube or liner, as can probably Teague on your side of the pond.
The bad news, of course, is that tubes make the barrel set quite a bit heavier and are sure to change the dynamics of the gun significantly.
Unhappy incident.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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As someone stated earlier, Briley would not fit tubes to a damaged barrel. The Briley tubes rely on the barrels for support in the chamber area.
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A lamp it is then!
Will stick in the safe for memories.
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Tony: If this were my little gun and I put forth such effort as you did I would take a little loss and come up with 500 quid and get the darling sleeved. You have made that gun too nice to let her go to waste IMHO. If, on the other hand you fixed her up initially just to make money, then it would be another matter and I'd just let her go too.
Socialism is almost the worst.
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I've only seen one but it looked sharp
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