Sleeved with Damascus chambers

[Breck Gorman]

I refinished a sleeved MacNaughten last year. Customer wanted black and white though. I can do Brown and White. It’s difficult though when you want the tubes blacked though.

[Breck Gorman]

Hard to say from your photo, but your rib joint doesn’t look good.

[Rick Riddell]

Originally Posted by Breck Gorman

Hard to say from your photo, but your rib joint doesn’t look good.

The joint is solid, looks off in the picture, but yes, browned chambers. They could have removed a little more solder from the joint, but it’s solid and rings nicely.

[Bill Murphy]

My Bayard has fluid steel chambers and Damascus tubes. Very elegant, like the pictured examples.

[Bill Murphy]

My Bayard, from Liege, Belgium, is a wonderful example of Damascus to fluid steel sleeving. I'm sure there are other European makers who used this system.

[Rick Riddell]

There are some really stunning examples out there, I think it looks good on a foreign gun.

[Daryl Hallquist]

From an auction catalog. As I recall, John Foster did the work.

[Joe Graziano]

To each his own, but that makes my eyes hurt.

[Bill Murphy]

Daryl, what is the make of the pictured gun?

[Daryl Hallquist]

The pictures were taken a long time ago in a British auction catalog. I think the gun was British, but cannot remember what maker. Judging from the bit of engraving shown, it must have been a top of the line gun.