Sleeved with Damascus chambers

[Rick Riddell]

Wasn’t sure but thought I’d throw this out there, the sleeve job is amazing.
Who would I go to to have the Damascus chambers browned?
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[Steve Huffman]

Not sure what you are asking Sorry

[Rick Riddell]

Hoping to find out who I might contact regarding getting the chambers browned

[Steve Huffman]

Just the chambers or the complete barrel set ? Maybe Im not thinking clearly wouldnt be the first time .Chambers would be damascus and barrels steel now so you want a two tone ?

[Aaron Beck]

So etch and finish the chambers and ribs like damascus but keep the barrel black or brown?
I would assume a damascus guy like Mr Gorman would be a good starting point but that sounds tricky too me. What gauge gun?

[Bill Murphy]

Nothing unusual about the project. Breck Gorman.

[Steve Huffman]

Nothing unusual about the project. Breck Gorman.

Bill / someone show a barrel set done that way please

[Milton C Starr]

I think perhaps he is asking for something like this ?

[Steve Huffman]

Glad I got to see that , not for me .

[Milton C Starr]

Glad I got to see that , not for me .

I seen one even stranger recently, someone had managed to get a set of never used damascus tubes so they had them sleeved into a modern steel barreled gun.

[Breck Gorman]

I refinished a sleeved MacNaughten last year. Customer wanted black and white though. I can do Brown and White. It’s difficult though when you want the tubes blacked though.

[Breck Gorman]

Hard to say from your photo, but your rib joint doesn’t look good.

[Bill Murphy]

My Bayard, from Liege, Belgium, is a wonderful example of Damascus to fluid steel sleeving. I'm sure there are other European makers who used this system.

[Rick Riddell]

Hard to say from your photo, but your rib joint doesn’t look good.

The joint is solid, looks off in the picture, but yes, browned chambers. They could have removed a little more solder from the joint, but it’s solid and rings nicely.

[Bill Murphy]

My Bayard has fluid steel chambers and Damascus tubes. Very elegant, like the pictured examples.

[Rick Riddell]

There are some really stunning examples out there, I think it looks good on a foreign gun.

[Daryl Hallquist]

From an auction catalog. As I recall, John Foster did the work.

https://i.imgur.com/WdVeBPE.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hE4dZmW.jpg

[Joe Graziano]

To each his own, but that makes my eyes hurt.

[Bill Murphy]

Daryl, what is the make of the pictured gun?

[Daryl Hallquist]

The pictures were taken a long time ago in a British auction catalog. I think the gun was British, but cannot remember what maker. Judging from the bit of engraving shown, it must have been a top of the line gun.

[Milton C Starr]

A John Gibbs did similar work, not the worst thing I have seen that would go to a set of damascus barrels where someone had the muzzles engraved. To me the engraving over the damascus looked too "busy" or confusing.