10 Truths About 20 Gauge Ammo Most Owners Never Know

10 Truths About 20 Gauge Ammo Most Owners Never Know THE BENCH BOOK + 2 TOOLS → https://dylanbenett.com A man named Wendell Oyelaran-Hatch brought a twelve gauge pump to my counter in September with the barrel split open about six inches ahead of the chamber, and two people had already told him it was the shell's fault. He is sixty-seven. It was a good gun. He had bought it new, shot it every dove season for twenty years, and never had a single problem with it. Opening morning, second field, he pulled the trigger and heard a click. Nothing else. He figured it was a dud, the way anybody would. He worked the action, fired again, and the barrel opened up in his hands. Nobody was hurt. He had a bruised hand, a ringing ear, and a very quiet drive home. The store that sold him the shells told him it had to be an overloaded shell from the factory, and that he should call the ammunition company. His brother-in-law, who has hunted for forty years, looked at the barrel and said the same thing. Bad shell. Too much powder. Happens. Wendell had the rest of the box in his truck. Every one of them was fine. I asked him one question, which was who else was hunting with him that morning.