Hi,
I've got an 1888 Ramrod Bayonet trapdoor, today I stuck a borescope down the barrel and saw this just in front of the breech.
I live in the UK, so these rifles have to be proof fired (which this one has), so it took a one time overcharge to do that.
However, this looks a heck of a lot like a crack, plus a lot of pitting just in front of the breech.
Images show from the muzzle, pointing at the closed breech block.
I'm thinking this needs to be relegated to a wall hanger, anyone else seen one in this state?
I can take it to a gunsmith, but to me this looks fairly terminal.
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