Checking for Cracked Barrel ?

OJMayo

June 11, 2007 19:00

I have a Berreta 12ga over/under shotgun and I think it might have a cracked barrel. How do you check to make sure ?

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  iluvguns

  June 11, 2007 19:07

  Plug the end, fill it full of water, and see if it leaks? [:D][:D]

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  v35

  June 11, 2007 19:09

  Call a few machine shops, automotive machine shops and test labs and ask if they can do Magnaflux or Dyechecking. Also look these terms up on Google and you may find someone local.
  If there's a small private airport near you, enquire there as this equipment is used on aircraft parts and structures.
  I would prefer Magnafluxing.

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  Alpine

  June 11, 2007 19:14

  Take the barrel off the reciever, and with the foregrip also removed (most shotguns you have to take the foregrip off to take the barrels off anyway), take a pencil and put it through the hinge pin.
  
  With the barrels suspended with nothing to dampen the vibrations, flick the barrels with your finger. If the barrels ring like a bell, the barrels are good. If it's a dull thunk, then you have a problem.

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