Damage to new Stoeger..d'oh!

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Leadbelcher

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So anyway, there i was sitting on the couch, measuring the butt plate of my brand new, never shot 12ga Stoeger Uplander for a recoil pad.
And it slipped from my lap.
The outside right barrel then proceded to bounce off my tile floor....:mad::eek::mad:
I examined the damage and saw that the barrel was dented slightly, but that the dent didn't seem to be more than a surface thing. I was able to remove and replace the screw in choke with no trouble.
I am hoping i didnt do something really bad to it...
What do you think? Safe to shoot? I plan to take it to a smith tomorrow. The ding in circled in the attached photos. the chokes are set and tight.
Bloody heck!!
LB
the currently embarassed
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Seeing how poorly those chokes fit into the barrel was enough for me to cross that off my list.
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It does seem odd that one of the chokes appears to be recessed on one part of the barrel and extends past the muzzle on a different part.

Is that what is happening, OP?

If yuo can get the choke out easily, it would appear the ding didn't cause issues there. I would, however, check those tubes. If they are off, the patterns could be all over the place
 
Your Stoeger barrel:

Go ahead and shoot it if the chokes look okay. After all, it is a shotgun not a rifle and as such tolerences are different. Who knows, it might be more acccurate! My uncle used to have a (non-screw in choke) barrel on his shotgun (.12 GA) that had a pretty good dent on the end of his barrel from dropping it on a steel truck bed. It still shot very good patterns, so who knows. :cool: Still, I know that has to really tick you off to damage your gun.
 
Just like a new car no one likes the first dent on their shotgun. I suspect it will be none for the wear, meaning it should be just fine.

I'm sure you can find a Smitty to get that dent taken care of.

Good luck and I know how you feel.
 
Update

I took my injured barrells to the gunsmith, who declared it okay. The choke had not been damaged at all and was in the round. Just a ding.
Whew!!
Thanks for all the comments! :D
Look out little clay birds! I'm-a comin'!! :cool:

LB
 
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