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<blockquote data-quote="ttown" data-source="post: 3798475" data-attributes="member: 2114"><p>I’d shoot it. Just buy a cheap box of field loads or find someone that reloads to make you some very tame loads.</p><p></p><p>Freshman year in college a TPD officer gave me a old Hopkins-Allen sawed off single shot shotgun that was included in a 25 gun collection. No trigger guard, pitted barrel, and in fairly rough shape.</p><p></p><p>Turn my head first time I shot it, It was dangerous as all one had to do was tap the side of the trigger and it would discharge. That said I took a rabbit with it.</p><p>Refinished the wood and cold blued the steel and made it a wall hanger <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="☺️" title="Smiling face :relaxed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/263a.png" data-shortname=":relaxed:" /></p><p></p><p>As long as it locks tight and no barrel obstruction not much more to check, not to say it may have issues with the internals and won’t fire.</p><p></p><p>Those old shotguns weren’t made out of alloy, they’re solid steel.</p><p></p><p>Weve got gunsmiths on here that may differ with my opinion but having been a shot gunner for over 50 years Ive never seen one blow up , plugged barrel with mud and such would be my only concern</p><p></p><p>JMO, but your choice. It can’t cost much to take it to a gunsmith on the other hand to test fire in a chamber.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ttown, post: 3798475, member: 2114"] I’d shoot it. Just buy a cheap box of field loads or find someone that reloads to make you some very tame loads. Freshman year in college a TPD officer gave me a old Hopkins-Allen sawed off single shot shotgun that was included in a 25 gun collection. No trigger guard, pitted barrel, and in fairly rough shape. Turn my head first time I shot it, It was dangerous as all one had to do was tap the side of the trigger and it would discharge. That said I took a rabbit with it. Refinished the wood and cold blued the steel and made it a wall hanger ☺️ As long as it locks tight and no barrel obstruction not much more to check, not to say it may have issues with the internals and won’t fire. Those old shotguns weren’t made out of alloy, they’re solid steel. Weve got gunsmiths on here that may differ with my opinion but having been a shot gunner for over 50 years Ive never seen one blow up , plugged barrel with mud and such would be my only concern JMO, but your choice. It can’t cost much to take it to a gunsmith on the other hand to test fire in a chamber. [/QUOTE]
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