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Hevi-Shot bought me a new barrel.

And the guy at Beretta says "good news is we have lots of those barrels and they aren't expensive. We can get one to you for $400" WHAT??!! Not expensive?

I emailed the pics to Beretta. They cam back instantly saying that they didn't need to see the barrel. That it was an ammo issue and they have seen it happen more than they would like. So the ball is now in ENVIRON-Metal Inc. (the makers of HEVI-Shot)

No worries. Yeah, I got it from the guy who bought it NIB. And when I got it you could tell he hardly had run anything through it. Didn't mean to get pissy, but I'm still pretty peeved. I could understand if this was some cheap off brand gun and cheapo ammo, but neither were.

"390 hasn't been made for quite a while.. I'm guessing you didn't buy it NIB. (New In Box) condition. If that's the case, there is no telling what the previous owner did prior to your acquisition. " Because I was hunting with an older rifle you assume I bought it used? I buy stuff that will...

"We're you using a factory full choke with standard steel? My buddy blew up an 870 doing this. What ammo did you use? " I was using a Beretta modified choke. Threads aren't crossed. I was using Hevi-Shot ammo. #4 shot, 3" shell No reasonable explanation as to why this happened. No...

The happy happy happy pics are on my phone. If you look closely you can see that the damage occured right where the machining stopped for the choke. But it almost looks like there is a sleeve in the longer part, behind the choke. Beretta was very verbal and quick to blame the ammo MFR and...

God. I sure hope so. Here are some more pics:

Well, I sent pics to the ammo mfr. They want to see the barrel so they are sending a UPS call tag. And no, I missed the duck. So I went and grabbed my A400 and limited out.

LGS??? I am in Colorado

"Keep us posted, I'd like to see what they determined actually happened and how this is resolved. Worst case If they don't help you is that the barrel could be rethreaded and used about 2" shorter." Can't do that. The rail has been popped off the entire length of the barrel, leading me to...

I was at camp. I only had one choke tube to put in it so there was no error there. There was also no error in putting it in. I ran it in smoothly with my fingers until it was finger tight then I gave it a bump with the choke wrench, like I do with all of my shotguns. I got this gun...

Yeah, I know that. They make the 391 now. But hopefully they have barrels in stock.

So what should I say to Beretta when I call them on Monday??

Yes, tear is right where the end of the choke should have been. Choke was in snug. I was running a modified choke. Everything was Beretta. I wasn't using an aftermarket tube.