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I was with a client this morning, who informed me that when he cleaned his gun after the previous lesson the "wire thing" got stuck in the barrel and he had to take it to a gunsmith to have it removed. I asked how much they charged to remove it, "I could not believe it" I said should it ever happen again me give me a call and I will sort it. At the end of the lesson I offered to clean his gun for him, thank goodness I did. Throughout the lesson the gun was carried in the slip at all times. When I got home I removed the gun from the slip and noticed something obstructing one of the barrels (BASC APSI CPSA training and of course common sense). It was the offending "Wire thing". The gun is a 20g O/U. The "Wire thing" was a 12g. I contacted my customer and asked what the "Gun Smith" had done with the offending article; did they give it back to you? "no", I do not know what happened to it I assumed it was no longer any good. I know! they dropped it in the bottom of the gun slip. In placing the gun back into the slip at the end of the lesson the "wire thing" became well and truly stuck in the barrel. Knowing what my customer is like, he seldom cleans his gun and obviously not to careful when he does; had he gone out shooting on his own would he have noticed the obstruction in the barrel? "Frightening" The "wire thing" could have got stuck in the barrel at any of the times the gun was replaced in the slip during the lesson, at least 8 occasions. Moral of the story, you cannot be too careful, always check your barrels before loading the gun, and always when replacing it in the slip and again when removing it from the slip.