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Originally Posted by Randy G Roberts
My understanding of that is that it is a very difficult thing to do and make look right. There is a problem with the taper of the rib when you go to longer barrels that has to be dealt with. Then there is the swamping if you will of the longer barrels that requires the rib to have material added to the bottom of it. If you do choose to use Parker ribs and you attempt to weld two of them together I have been told that results are acceptable at best no matter how good the craftsman that does it is. Most of the barrel folks that I have talked to have advised against using Parker ribs but it can be done.
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So in the case I reckon its better to just have a new one made to fit the new barrels . When they make a new rib how do that mark it ?
I was reading a article a few months back about monoblocking/sleeving barrels in the U.K . Some of the shooters over there are doing it not because the barrels are bad but because it allows them to build a custom double for a fraction of the cost of a new one . They buy a Victorian era double , restock it , monoblock the barrels for whatever weight/length they want .