Hi John,
 *****  John Sandow said to John Aceto  *****
 Where you been?  Caught me offguard with a reply to a message
 from a little while ago.  ;-)
 JD> gun will blow up if there's mud in the barrel
 JA> I believe Joe is right here (although it might have even been
 JA> snow).
 MS> And some other idiot, an attorney, took the case for a third of
 MS> the nothing he'll win when the case is lost.
 JA> He got his third, Remington settled out of court.
 JS> FWIW- I've got no qualms about firing my 870 with any factory
 JS> ammo or reasonable reload.
 Mine has been nothing but a workhorse (and a good one).
 JS> It's quite possible given me fewer problems than any other
 JS> firearm I've owned, notably excepting the HK of course.  :-)
 Mine has been great.  Never tried shooting it with snow or mud
 in the barrel though.  
 Got a turkey two weekends ago and as I went to pick it up off
 the ground my barrel went muzzle first into the cornfield and
 plugged about 1.5" deep.  I, of course, unloaded first and then
 cleaned the mud out with a stick.  I then dropped some line
 through the barrel and tied an oversise piece of cut cloth at
 the brrech end.  I then pulled it through to the muzzle and the
 barrel came out "clean as a whistle".  AAMOF, it shined so nice,
 my neighbor decided to "clean" his too.
 Take Care,
 John
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