Ringing the barrells

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

So you have a high condition vintage gun that rings but say it has a small section of rib loose on one side. What is the problem? I have seen more than a few high condition Foxes that had this condition. The likelihood that it will get worse is small in my opinion. I would not be to concerned. What do others say??

Not that I have re-blued a ton of Fox barrels, but each one I have done has had small voids in the solder joints in a couple places. Minor voids like this will not sound any different when ringing than ones with no voids.

I would not have any concern either. The voids were there when the gun was made and did not change in 100 years.

[Dean Romig]

I'm not gonna poke fun at Brian anymore for his 'auto-correct' problems because I'm having the same problems with my new iPhone.

[B. Dudley]

I like that emoji. I do feel like doing that with my phone often.

[WmRike]

Vent ribs, in my experience, do not normally ring as nicely as barrels with solid ribs.