coosbaycreep
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I was back in Oklahoma helping out my grandparents recently, and I took a .44 and a .500S&W back there with me because I was hoping to shoot some hogs, but the hogs never showed up, so I used an old 20ga single shot and .22lr that belonged to my grandpa for shooting stuff around the farm instead.
The 20ga I was using is really old. IIRC, the brand was Eastern Sierra or something like that, and it didn't have a chamber length stamped on the barrel, so I assumed it was 2 3/4".
I noticed he had both 2 3/4" shells (which is what I was shooting out of it), and some 3" shells. I asked him if he had shot any of the 3" shells in it, and he said that he did, and that they wouldn't eject. I told him that was probably a bad idea to shoot magnum shells in a crappy old gun, but knowing him, he'll probably continue to shoot them anyway, since he seems to be willing to shoot whatever ammo will fit in a gun, regardless of what it's chambered for, or how bad of shape the gun is in (and most of his guns are in BAD shape).
What could happen if he keeps shooting magnum shells in that scruffy old single shot? Will it blow up or something? The barrel lock-up (it's a break action) seems kinda loose already. He only shoots to kill stuff around the farm, so it's not like he's putting hundreds of rounds through it, but I'm still concerned about it.
The 20ga I was using is really old. IIRC, the brand was Eastern Sierra or something like that, and it didn't have a chamber length stamped on the barrel, so I assumed it was 2 3/4".
I noticed he had both 2 3/4" shells (which is what I was shooting out of it), and some 3" shells. I asked him if he had shot any of the 3" shells in it, and he said that he did, and that they wouldn't eject. I told him that was probably a bad idea to shoot magnum shells in a crappy old gun, but knowing him, he'll probably continue to shoot them anyway, since he seems to be willing to shoot whatever ammo will fit in a gun, regardless of what it's chambered for, or how bad of shape the gun is in (and most of his guns are in BAD shape).
What could happen if he keeps shooting magnum shells in that scruffy old single shot? Will it blow up or something? The barrel lock-up (it's a break action) seems kinda loose already. He only shoots to kill stuff around the farm, so it's not like he's putting hundreds of rounds through it, but I'm still concerned about it.
