Mule Deer,
So if the OP follows your advice & damages the firearm & possibly himself because he didn't have his nearly century old firearm checked out by a competent gunsmith, are you going to take full financial responsibility for offering him your poor advice??
I know of a person who was seriously injured at Ramstein AFB Rod & Gun Club in 1971 by firing a shotgun in a short European 16-gauge chamber. - While I didn't actually SEE the incident, I did see the ambulance take him away to the ER.
yours, tex
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