![]() ![]() The barrel profile that may have been the minimum before the new policy at Birmingham may just be under minimum for proof house testing today. This change has caused a spike in the number of guns failing proof, and reproof. I've also seen reports that the proof house in Birmingham has changed it's procedure for proof, requiring 2 tests in each barrel, in the case of a double shotgun. I never measured them, but, I'd bet money the profile in the barrels was different, as the 3" guns were heavier. When I was importing them, Darne guns with 3" chambers and magnum proof were built of a different steel than standard guns-regular guns and barrels were XT, a French tool steel, magnums were XTC, a steel not much different than 4140, saving a higher chrome content. That said, I highly doubt there is a specific profile that every maker applies to his (or, her, in the case of the gun sisters) barrels, and said profile would vary with exactly what you were trying to produce that day-a 12 gauge light game gun, proofed for 2 1/2" standard European loads, would not profile the same as one with a 3" chamber specifically built to hunt ducks, that you were going to submit to the French proof house, and export to the US, for example. I suspect that the measurement of 9 inches from the breech is telling you exactly where the minimum wall can be-all the proof houses in Europe measure at that same distance from the breech. ![]() If you run into an IP ban, it likely wasn't you.Yes, it is. ![]() We try not to ban legit subscription VPN services, but they rarely label their IP blocks correctly. We do not ban legit Internet Service Providers from the USA(exception for certain individual IP addresses). If you run into a IP ban afterwards as a member, again - turn off your VPN or switch servers. Failure to do so will result with your new account denied. When signing up, do so from a US based Internet Service Provider. Attention! About VPN's and foreign IP addresses.Unfortunately these scammers are using VPN/proxy services, which may mean your VPN/proxy may be blocked. ![]() Staff will ban the offender, and I will implement an IP ban. The method of operation is to private message you and tell you that you should contact such 'n such person at a given email address.
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