Barrel Fitting

[George "Scott" Davis]

Can # 1 frame hammered damascus barrels be fitted to # 1 frame hammerless gun?

[OH Osthaus]

not easily - the lugs are different

[Dean Romig]

Radically different but I think Brian Dudley has done it.






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[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Radically different but I think Brian Dudley has done it.

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most likely - i know he went the other way, fitted blocked fluid steel to a hammer gun frame- but that used the old lugs
http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...ighlight=heavy

[Dean Romig]

Hmmm... I thought it was Brian who machine-cut and welded the lug to conform to the frame that the barrels were being fitted to.

There were pictures and everything.

In any case, it can be done.





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[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Hmmm... I thought it was Brian who machine-cut and welded the lug to conform to the frame that the barrels were being fitted to.

There were pictures and everything.

In any case, it can be done.

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he may have - he does some interesting stuff - and surely he will comment on this topic anyway





but - that said -

enough time and enough money almost anything is doable

of course - a Purdey might be cheaper

[Autumn Daze]

Dean, That was Russ Bickle that did those conversions. Unfortunately Russ has since passed on.

[Dean Romig]

Right Dave, Russ did some work for me but I saw the pictures on a forum (thought it was here) and it may have been on doublegunshop and it could have been Dewey but I can't swear to who did the work but I thought it was Brian.





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[B. Dudley]

Anything can be done, I would not recommend trying it.

There really is no need to have to do this. Hammerless barrels are out there.

[Parker Bachelder (Brad's Profile)]

Hammer barrel lugs can be converted to hammerless guns. the considerations are frame size and dollshead configuration. We just completed two sets.

Brad