Ringing the barrells

[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??

[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.