Interesting Teague Liners

[Bruce Day]

16ga 0 frame damascus with 16ga Teague liners.

The blisters or bubbles are halfway down the barrel and flex downwardly when pressed by a pencil erasor tip. The barrels were cleaned only with steel wool and light abrasive and not carded.

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These are the first barrels I've seen with Teague liners although I have heard about them for a few years. I understand they are $2000 per barrel or $4000 for a set, but I could be wrong about the current price.

[Side X Side]

Looks like who ever did the job did not get the tool straight and took too much off in that area. I would not be a happy camper to get that result back!

[Dean Romig]

My understanding is that Teague only recently started lining 16 ga. barrels.... maybe that's the first set they did ?

That would be absolutely unacceptable tp me. If the people at Teague had measured OD as well as ID they would have surely discovered that the barrel walls were not thick enough to allow being bored to such an extent without coming through the barrel wall. Sure, the barrels have been proofed and are perfectly shootable, but moisture will eventually find its way under those bubbles and it won't take long at all for rust to come through..... IMHO

[Tom Brown]

I feel the recipient's pain, a definite refund, what the h*ll were they thinking?

[Bruce Day]

Look at the co-axial concentricity of the left barrel liner ( left when look directly at the muzzle) relative to the remainder of the original barrel and compare that to the concentricity of the right barrel.

These were recently lined.

I make no comments one way or the other. I'm simply pointing out interesting areas.

[Dean Romig]

It's obvious that the problem has a lot to do with how the barrels were originally struck by Parker Bros.

[Parker Bachelder (Brad's Profile)]

Bruce, the concentricity of the original tubes is compromised to a degree by extensive hand fitting. Draw filing for shape prior to assembly was done by hand, causing varible wall thickness. Measuring the O.D. and I.D. cant allways detect this. The greatest culprit in this case is the fitting and solder removal from the top rib. To acheive a prefect fit of the rib removes quite a bit of material. My biggest concern for these tubes is the top rib not holding during recoil. I don't know of any quick fix.

Brad

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Brad Bachelder

...... I don't know of any quick fix.

Brad

Or a slow fix, either.

When you buy an old double, you are buying barrels. There, I've gotten preachy and I said I wasn't going to. I think I'll go hug my barrels now and tell them how grateful I am to have them.

I want to be clear that these are not my barrels. They were here locally for damascus finishing.

[Autumn Daze]

Brad, I agree with most everything you mention. We know that Parker rough turned the barrels tubes including the taper before assembly and that final striking was done after assembly. This would almost certainly make the bores not concentric with the OD.To bore a set of finished tubes the ID would have to be indicated in as you know and I would still be one nervous guy boring that deep.

You have a whole lot more experience fitting ribs than I do and I find it very educational that there would be that much material removed in that vicinity to fit ribs.

I learned something new today....thanks

[Richard Flanders]

They are wall hangers now I'm afraid. I wouldn't use them. I'm sure they're sound but those blisters are too funky for me.