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    bend a barrel by dropping it?

    My Savage 99 .308 was leaning against a chair yesterday, and as reached to move it, it slipped out of my hand and fell over, striking a wooden display cabinet. The top edge of the barrel left a bit of a divot (sort of a half-moon) in the wood but the crown was not touched. I'm a bit concerned if the barrel could be bent from hitting the cabinet. I can't see any obvious sign of a bend, and laying a straight-edge (torpedo level in this case) along the barrel also indicated no obvious damage. I even compared how the level lay against my .243 99 and saw no difference. What are the odds that I did not do any harm? Thanks for any help; I feel pretty dumb about the whole episode.
    Gary

    I want to add that I've looked down the barrel from both ends with a bore-light and can see nothing unusual regarding the rifling. I used a dental mirror to inspect from the breech end.
    Last edited by Texgunner; 04-21-2014 at 07:16 PM.

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