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Unread 11-15-2024, 05:54 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by David C Porter View Post
It's easy to see the boring line around the breach chambers. The old barrels ribs removed, barrels cut off & breach bored out & sleeved barrels inserted, soldered & rechambered.
Each barrel smith has his own method, but I suspect they were furnace brazed rather than soldered. Not that it matters a whole lot because this gun looks like a nice shooter, but yoke magnaflux would instantly show a distinct line, both at the breach and the joint between new tubes and original 'block'.
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