ChuckH:

Do you still have the website you posted earlier this year where one could purchase a strain gauge?

I have a non-double question: a hunting buddy fired what looked to be a Winchester 1400 12 bore this past weekend and the first shot resulted in approx. 2 1/2" long thin crack in the top of the frame just right of top dead center(looking from the receiver to the tube) and allowed the barrel to jump forward about 1" showing most of the threads; obstruction? I was busy loading a muzzle-loader and only took a glance as he passed to fetch another gun. I asked if that was the only shot and if he had looked down the tube before shooting. It was his uncle's gun and it had been in storage for about 5 years since his uncle expired. Would a dirt-dobber's nest accomplish such an event?

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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