Gunsmith for barrel fitting

[Kirk Potter]

Can anyone recommend a gunsmith that I could have fit a set of barrels? Someone you may have used? Thanks.

[Bob Hayes]

Brian Dudley several times excellent work.

[Bob Jurewicz]

Second Brian Dudley!
Bob Jurewicz

[Brian Dudley]

Kirk had already contacted me.
Barrel fitting is not something I am looking to mess with at this time.

[allen newell]

Dan Cullity, sandwich, massachusetts

[Jeff Elder]

Briley in Houston. Think it’s $500

[Billy Gross]

Be careful with Briley. I just needed the fore end latch adjusted on a 28 ga repro barrel, and they charged me for a whole barrel fit. The face on was good before I sent it. They turned a $150. job into a $500 job. Moral to the story, get a price before you authorize the work. Billy

[Dean Romig]

Dave Fjelline in CA is quite capable and his turnaround time is a couple of weeks rather than months or years.





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[Kevin McLeod]

I recenly purchased a 20/16 two barrell set off Guns International. The 16 gauge barrels are very well fit to the frame, but the forearm does not latch correctly. With the gun closed, the forearm is tight, but when opened the forearm is loose and the gun does not open completely unless it is forced. This causes problems with loading due to the shells hitting the reciever.
Is anyone familiar with this issue and or could suggest someone to properly fit the forearm?

[Dean Romig]

To the best of my knowledge our Friend Dave Fjelline is no longer taking in any work due to a health situation.





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[Kevin McLeod]

Thank you Dean. I will wait for additional responses

[Randy G Roberts]

Have you tried going to the PGCA home page, click on the FAQ's. The very first topic on the list is "Need a Gunsmith". Folks have offered up a variety of Smiths they have used. Might be worth a shot... Good luck !

[Stan Hillis]

I say this cautiously, but be very, very careful before deciding to send a barrel set for fitting to a gunsmith you do not have several good references from. I once sent a set of absolutely brand new barrels to one of the most well known, and recommended, doublegunsmiths in the country to have fitted to a gun I had in order to have a two barrel set. Again, this 'smith, now retired, was one of the country's "go to" doublegun smiths.

He totally botched the job and thought he had done a good job, even bragging to me on how easy it was. I guess it must have been easy. He "ovaled" the bite in the hook and when I received it from him the right barrel had at least .008" daylight between barrel breech and standing breech, and the left barrel only had about 30% contact with the standing breech. He nearly ruined a brand new set of barrels and thought he did a good job. I was flabbergasted.

Having gone through the process of trying, and I mean trying, to fit a set of barrels myself I can attest to the extreme amount of skill and knowledge necessary to do it right. By right I mean both barrel breeches making 80%+ contact with the standing breech, along with everything else fitting exactly right.

I don't know of any job in doublegunsmithing that requires a higher level of skill, knowledge and patience.

[edgarspencer]

I have fitted four barrels and in all cases, they were too tight to start with, as opposed to too loose. One took only a few hours and was done by bedtime. Another took nearly a week of tweaking and sweating bullets. They were all my own guns, and if I know nothing else, I know I'd never do it on someone else's gun. In every case, I spent hours measuring before I began, so I had a clear picture of what it was going to take. It took longer to find the right donor barrel than fitting it, and finding the right one is like finding that 'needle in a haystack'.

[Scott Janowski]

Brian Dudley can do that work.

[Phil Yearout]

Brian Dudley can do that work.

See page one of the thread; Brian says he’s not doing this work currently.