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Supposedly, it's a good way to straighten a bent shotgun barrel without putting a flat spot in it.
I've also heard that some people beat them on a sand bag.
I beat on a sandbag until it split and dumped sand all over the basement. I'm working on the car tire now.
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Take a video with your phone. We wanna see it bounce back and hit your knee cap plus gear you cuss
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A bag of lead shot is the ONLY way.
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I bought an old shotgun. I think some fatass sat on it.
I'm working on it.
So far it's cost me a sandbag.
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A bag of lead shot is the ONLY way. I'll try that next.
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I wonder about filling the barrel with sand, or shot?
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I've done this many times and the way I was taught was to use a pine tree. Slash or longleaf worked best because the bark was thick and cushioned the blow enough to not put a dent in the barrel. It also works on rifle barrels. Lucky enough, as many times as I've done this, I've never had to try bending a barrel that had a rib on it when the rib side of the barrel needed the whack. On old doubles, or any double, I'd pay attention to barrel wall thickness and some I'd choose not to try this on. The doubles I've done were cheap guns with thick barrels. Practice on old discarded barrels would be a good idea if one is available. It is also not good to let the customer see this being done to their gun. It does work well.
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I've done this many times and the way I was taught was to use a pine tree. Slash or longleaf worked best because the bark was thick and cushioned the blow enough to not put a dent in the barrel. It also works on rifle barrels. Lucky enough, as many times as I've done this, I've never had to try bending a barrel that had a rib on it when the rib side of the barrel needed the whack. On old doubles, or any double, I'd pay attention to barrel wall thickness and some I'd choose not to try this on. The doubles I've done were cheap guns with thick barrels. Practice on old discarded barrels would be a good idea if one is available. It is also not good to let the customer see this being done to their gun. It does work well. I've beat a sandbag to death and taken 10,000 miles off my spare tire and the shotgun barrel is holding its own. I think I may have moved it a little bit.
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I know a little about bending shotgun barrels...but not straightening them.
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Lt. Pat kills birds 90% of the time with a bent barrel.
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I’d just adjust my POA to accommodate the bent barrel .
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If the birds were flying west to east you wouldn't have to lead them much with this shotgun.
If they were flying east to west you'd have to hold on Modesto, California to hit one.
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That's why I always shoot them from right to left. It helps me not shoot behind them.
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I've bent/straightened several by sticking the barrel in the crotch of a tree and giving them a yank.
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Maybe I'll give that a try too.
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I bought an old shotgun. I think some fatass sat on it.
I'm working on it.
So far it's cost me a sandbag. You overpaid.
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That's why I always shoot them from right to left. It helps me not shoot behind them. Let's not throw in the 410 with a straight barrel. "Remove the bead"...
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Bristol, you are a machinest? You must know a lot about steel.
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