Bulged Barrels how dangerous??
Friend has an Ithaca Mag Ten with a bulge just ahead of the magazine- barrel attachment point.How Safe or UNsafe is there in shooting the gun again??
I have shot MANY old rifles with bulges with no apparent problem but do not know about the thinner barrels on modern shotguns, especially 10 ga. guns..
Thanks for your opinion.modoc
BILL
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY.BUT NOT HOT.....single action S&Ws are keepers
I have shot MANY old rifles with bulges with no apparent problem but do not know about the thinner barrels on modern shotguns, especially 10 ga. guns..
Thanks for your opinion.modoc
BILL
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY.BUT NOT HOT.....single action S&Ws are keepers
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I'd recomend against shooting it! Todays Powder builds greater pressures than Powders of an other age long past....The Bulge keeps getting bigger and expanding until the day comes when it finally bursts!...Then what?
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I have shot shotguns with bulged barrels many times and they didn't come apart. But the bulges were up in the barrels nearer to the muzzle than the chamber--where the pressures have "bled off" to a large degree. When you say, "a bulge just ahead of the magazine- barrel attachment point," personally I would not shoot that one. Back close to the chamber is where the pressures are the greatest. It could be dangerous.
That is my 2 pennies worth.
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If the bulge is far enough near the end and the barrel could be legally cut then I'd either cut the barrel or replace it completely.
The bulge may not explode for quite a few rounds, but rest assured, if you do keep firing it in it's current state it will fail at that point of weakness.
I've had one rifle explode on me, it was not pretty. I'd hate to see it happen to somebody else.
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Personally, my eyesight, hearing, life, and well being are worth far too much to me to try and figure out how many rounds a bulged barrel can take safely.
For me the answer is pretty clear. . .ZERO.
Personally, I wouldn't even try to cut it down since if the barrel is bulged, there is probably metal fatigue elsewhere in the barrel and/or possibly receiver.
I'd either send the thing back to the factory to be repaired and brought to spec, or entirely get rid of the POS.
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Get a new barrel.. 0 -
'Bout forty years ago, I shot my .22 Leatherneck and the bullet stopped about six inches from the end of the barrel. Hmmmmm.... So I pushed the bullet out with an available coat hanger. Kept shooting; didn't give it much more thought than "cheap ammo;...rats". Whenever I got around to cleaning it next, I looked down the barrel to see what a good job I'd done, and saw a "ring" on the inside just about where the bullet had stopped. The ring was very symmetrical. Then I ran my fingers over the outside of the barrel and was *barely* able to feel the bulge on the outside. Hardly discernable but there. Since I had "test fired" it several hundred times with no trouble I continued using it. That was about 50,000 rounds ago. I love "cheap" lessons.
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a .22 is a far cry from a 10 gauge though.
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quote:Originally posted by rldowns3
a .22 is a far cry from a 10 gauge though.
I agree with that.
Sure, you *might* be able to get away with firing the bulged shotgun indefinitely without a problem. . .or the very next shot could cause a catastrophic rupture where shrapnel ends up lodged in your face.
Of course the chance of the the latter is small, but I don't think there is any way for *anyone* to know for sure, and personally, I wouldn't take that chance. Just because you might get away with firing it 500 more times safely, that doesn't mean the 501st time won't be the shot that finally overloads the weakened barrel.
If the barrel were to burst there, its what. . .12 inches from your face? How much is a shotgun worth compared to a trip to the hospital?0 -
I agree with those above that have stated that a bulge in a shotgun near the muzzle isn't a big problem, though it doesn't lend itself to the best pattern. However, I wouldn't shoot ANY gun that has a bulge between the breech and the end of the forearm. Period! 0 -
I had a mossberg 9200 with a bulge at the choke tube, sent it back to Mossberg and the replaced the barrel for free.I would never fire any gun with a bulge! 0 -
Yo modoc, If you have already shot "MANY" with buldged bbls, WHY do you ask US[?][?][?[:D]
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