bulge behind fixed choke ??

[reptilla]

So what can be done after there is a bulge behind the fixed choke from shooting steel shot? Do you just stop shooting steel and never mind the bulge? Cut the barrel??

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

If the barrel has enough wall thickness behind the bulge, cut the barrel and have it bored/threaded for choke tubes.

[reptilla]

Will this bulge affect the gun??

[Thefeeder]

Will this bulge affect the gun??

Yes. How will it effected is anyone's guess...blown patterns to blown gun.

Rule is : Make sure your firearm is good and safe working order.

[ysr_racer]

What kind of gun? How long is the barrel?

[reptilla]

I just asking because I have read mixed reviews aboout the ring bulge from shooting steel shot might not afect anything if you stop shooting steel shot....lets say 28" barrel

[reptilla]

I just asking because I have read mixed reviews aboout the ring bulge from shooting steel shot might not afect anything if you stop shooting steel shot....lets say 28" barrel

[reptilla]

I just asking because I have read mixed reviews aboout the ring bulge from shooting steel shot might not afect anything if you stop shooting steel shot....lets say 28" barrel

[GeeDog]

I'd retire the barrel and get a replacement. Cutting might be an option, but shooting with the bulged barrel can't be giving you optimal performance. It could work okay, but it would drive me nuts just knowing it's there.

[ScottB]

Why not pattern it and see?

[rino]

Buddy has a old barrel like that crappy patterns

[reptilla]

I figure if the end is still round and not destorted then it should pattern right...am I wrong?

[reptilla]

Im suprised more guys don't have insight on this issue

[usedto]

Im suprised more guys don't have insight on this issue

I'm kinda curious as to exactly what kind of "insight" you're looking for.

Whether or not to have your wife/son/daughter/best friend/favorite dog standing anywhere around you while you shoot a gun with an 'effed up barrel, probably due to misuse/abuse/defect? Whether or not the rest of the barrel might be 'effed up, but you just can't see it? Whether or not cutting it off will make it all better?

[TRAP55]

A bulge is a warning, that you are lucky to get, it's also a sign your guardian angel was watching over you. A good pattern is the absolute very least of your concerns. Scattering barrel shrapnel should be your first. Stupid, is at the very least expensive, at the most, fatal. You're not stupid, or you wouldn't be asking questions. Ask yourself this one, do you really want to see if stressed barrel steel can safely contain 14,000 pounds per square inch?
Sorry if I get a little twitchy when I see a topic like this. Seems I'm cursed with the morons that like to test the above theory, and others, at the bench alongside me. You never want to witness the carnage, on both firearms, and bodies that I have.
Do you need more insight than that?
Options:
Have a smith cut it off behind the bulge, and magnaflux it for any unseen cracks, and use it with a cyl bore.
As above, and have tubes installed.
Get a new barrel.