Gun in safe in house fire.

[RoadKingLarry]

I think I posted about it at the time but my nephew's house burned to the ground back last winter. The family had a decent gun safe and the guns were in it. He brought me his Stoeger autoloader shotgun to evaluate for him this evening.
Of course the first thing I told him was that it needed to go to a professional gunsmith to be checked.
I'm thinking though that it survived. It is one of the  camo  dipped models and the camo is only slightly discolored. The plastic fiber front sight has melted some but not enough that it wouldn't still be use able after cleaning.

His POS  step dad had his all checked out and they were fine but he wouldn't take my nephew's in to be checked out.

what does the APS Braintrust think?

[Boomhauer]

If the other guns that were in the safe were OK (his stepfather's) then his are fine too.

I think that heat bad enough to damage the firearm itself would have probably completely destroyed the finish.

[Brad Johnson]

If the only damage was deformation of the front sight and slight discoloration of the finish then you're probably fine. Heat high enough to affect mechanicals would have done significant damage to the stock and discolored the metal. I say give it a thorough cleaning, cycle it manually a couple dozen times to check operations, then proof it with some trap loads. If everything seems fine you should be good to go.

Brad

[vaskidmark]

what does the APS Braintrust think?

I think you are right about his stepfather.

stay safe.

[AJ Dual]

If the only damage was deformation of the front sight and slight discoloration of the finish then you're probably fine. Heat high enough to affect mechanicals would have done significant damage to the stock and discolored the metal. I say give it a thorough cleaning, cycle it manually a couple dozen times to check operations, then proof it with some trap loads. If everything seems fine you should be good to go.

Brad

This.

Heat high enough to actually alter the temper of the metal parts would have been hot enough to destroy wood or plastic parts completely.  Or a polymer hydro-dipped finish camo pattern.

It's going to be fine.