Thanks everyone for all the advice !
Everyone of these vintage guns I get involved with turns out to be a learning experience.
I followed Drew's advice and took barrel thickness measurements at the end of the 3 " chamber depth and at the 2 5/8" point for comparison. At the traditional chamber length(2 5/8") thickness was 0.093" verses 0.084" at the full depth of 3". It's less which would be expected. Will this be dangerous with low pressure shells??
Inside barrel diameter is approx. 0.729-0.730 near the chamber end. The barrels ring clear. Maybe not so many big boomers went thru it??
A good local gunsmith casually examined the gun and he felt it was in great shape especially for its age and said he wouldn't be afraid to use it with low pressure shells.
I think I'm at the point where I may just have to buy it and try it or just walk away. But as Walt suggested it's not a lot of money for a graded gun. Hmmmm??
Any more help out there?
We're going to go chase phesants this afternoon!
TomR
That's pretty neat stuff on damascus you have out there Drew.
