Barrel sleeving....

[John Davis]

I have a 12 gauge C grade lifter that the barrels had been clipped 2 inches and were badly pitted. I sent the barrels to Teague in England and had them Teague lined. Don't think they still do this work. It's a great gun, still 12 bore and choked IC/Mod.

[C.O.B.]

I think Wesley Richards bought Teague and will still do the work.

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

I think Wesley Richards bought Teague and will still do the work.

No Rich, they bought Teague for the choke tubes they are not relining barrels. It was found that some of the relined barrels the adhesive let go between the barrels and the lining. And it was more then a few.

[John Davis]

I'll keep my fingers crossed.

[Dean Romig]

No, Teague no longer performs or offers this work.
It was successful on the majority of the guns they lined in this manner but by the mere fact that the process necessitated the original barrels to be bored even larger than the nominal .729” or even .750” on earlier guns, the possibility of ruining the original barrels was too great... so great in fact, that a number of customers’ guns were, for all practical purposes, ruined and for Teague financially and the damage to their reputation were both too much to risk doing this work any longer.





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[John Davis]

Guess I got lucky.

[Dean Romig]

On the barrels that were ruined the wall thickness was too thin to begin with.
The vast majority were successful.





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[Kevin McCormack]

I had my very rare (2 in the records) AH 16 ga. 0-frame 26" Damascus gun tubed with Briley full-length removable tubes with screw chokes in 28 ga. It is an absolute blast to shoot and bird hunt with, and as Dean points out, kept the gun original as possible. I paid extra for ultralite tubes, which I would not do again, since the weight difference from standard weight tubes was something on the order of 6-8 ounces and is negligible in handling and moving the gun.

[charlie cleveland]

brileys and others make full length tubes in small gauges would this help....charlie

[Mike of the Mountain]

I picked up a 12g lifter a few years ago. Fellow asked $250. Stock needed some tweaking, barrels/receiver were fine. Bores were pitted. Found a second set of barrels w/forend that fit right on the frame with very little fitting. Neither barrel set had bores that I would have shot. So, I sent both bbl sets to Briley after speaking with their bbl guy. They made standard weight tubes to stay in the bbls with fixed chokes. I had one set made for 28g and the second for .410. Both were choked LM right and IM left. Gun shoots like a dream!! Nothing like shooting little shells out of a full size gun and I don't have to even worry about changing tube sets as they only fit these bores. They advised to not have them "glued" in place as they would be ruined if I had to have barrel work done in the future. They told me that they will not loosen or move as they are fit "snug"!! For arount $1800 total I now have 2 sub-gauge guns to shoot!! Now I want a 3rd barrel set for a #1 square frame 12g to have 20g tubes installed.