Posted by David W on August 13, 2008, 6:37 am, in reply to "FW 16ga barrels"
Jim, What a shame, I wonder if they removed the dents by reaming the barrels. What were they thinking? From what I have read the best way to take dents out is to have plugs made in .0001 increments and they are pushed into the barrel to the dent, and then hammered from the outside until the bore size plug fits and dent is removed. They also have hydraulic ones but you really have to know what you are doing or else you could bulge the barrel.
You could keep an eye out on auction sites, ebay for a set of used barrels or post on different gun sites. Another alternative is to have a set of tubes made up in 20 ga., not cheap.
One last thing, I would get a second opinion, this time from someone that is good with double guns and have them measure the wall thickness the whole length of each barrel. It's very possible that he might tell you to shoot low pressure low velocity shells (under 8000 psi). Your chambers should be 2 9/16" and you should stay with that.