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Originally Posted by notmytarga
I am no weapons expert (other than trying to explain to my 8 year old son that ninja's don't haul around an arsenal with them - on Halloween) BUT, Lordy that barrel steel looks awfully thin - like sheet metal. Looks to be less than 1/16 or 1/32" - I would expect 1/8" from the few shotguns I've used. Even so, what are the chances that the barrel on this gun was obstructed?
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1/8" full lenght barrels? I don't think so. The gun would weigh a ton. Maybe at the breaches but they thin out fast. On old shotguns there is a chance they have been honed inside to polish out a dent or clean them up inside. Obviously when you do that they get a little thinner.
Yes I would say that the barrel pictured would have been obstructed somehow, but even snow or mud accidently trapped in the muzzle can blow a barrel.