Any TV show will have plot ideas that either are shelved, revised or brought back. Like most, Seinfeld has ones that never saw the light of day. It's most famous one almost made it to production, but didn't because of how uncomfortable the cast was. That would be The Bet or The Gun in this short blog
You're going to have a hard time finding the inside look of it since it's near impossible to find, so I'll go by what I've read on articles and any recollection from watching the inside look. For the episode, Elaine thinks about arming herself with a gun for protection in a bet against Jerry. Another bet consists of George and Kramer in one whether or not Kramer had sex with a flight attendant. They had stuff set up for this. They had guest stars, a set. Everything seemed to be in order when they started production in late 1990.
Then again, this was written by Larry Charles. As I've said in The Baby Shower review, his type of episodes were dark plots and absurd moments. His script got the main cast feeling very uncomfortable. Just the stuff that he wanted Julia Louis-Dreyfus to say would send a chill down your spine. I know this is a sitcom and all, but this would have been a banned episode or at least controversial if this was filmed and aired. References to assassinated presidents would not have helped. Gun related humor for the most part is typically unfunny, especially for a show that had struggles early on.
This is why The Phone Message exists. I'm sure that the crew had to keep Charles at bay with his material. There's a lot of things you can get away with in film and channels like HBO, but not prime time networks. Luckily, he calmed a bit and while he still wrote dark stories, they didn't go completely overboard like this unmade episode.
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