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Recently got a .45 T/C Hawken with a brass tube scope in a trade. Tonight I was tinkering around with it and took the scope off the barrel. When I took the screws out of the rear mount for the scope, I thought the screws looked awful long. So, I got the calipers out and measured the barrel wall thickness, then measured the depth of the screw holes with a depth mic.
The barrel wall measures .260, the hole depth of both screws is .175...that leaves only .085 (about 5/64") from the holes being drilled all the way through the barrel wall! Im not too sure this gun is going to be safe to shoot, what do you guys think? Supposedly the work was done by a gunsmith but that just seems awfule deep for the holes I think Help me out here fellas and give me some input. Thanks.
The barrel wall measures .260, the hole depth of both screws is .175...that leaves only .085 (about 5/64") from the holes being drilled all the way through the barrel wall! Im not too sure this gun is going to be safe to shoot, what do you guys think? Supposedly the work was done by a gunsmith but that just seems awfule deep for the holes I think Help me out here fellas and give me some input. Thanks.