Interesting Teague Liners

[Parker Bachelder (Brad's Profile)]

Bruce, the concentricity of the original tubes is compromised to a degree by extensive hand fitting. Draw filing for shape prior to assembly was done by hand, causing varible wall thickness. Measuring the O.D. and I.D. cant allways detect this. The greatest culprit in this case is the fitting and solder removal from the top rib. To acheive a prefect fit of the rib removes quite a bit of material. My biggest concern for these tubes is the top rib not holding during recoil. I don't know of any quick fix.

Brad

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Brad Bachelder

...... I don't know of any quick fix.

Brad

Or a slow fix, either.

When you buy an old double, you are buying barrels. There, I've gotten preachy and I said I wasn't going to. I think I'll go hug my barrels now and tell them how grateful I am to have them.

I want to be clear that these are not my barrels. They were here locally for damascus finishing.

[Autumn Daze]

Brad, I agree with most everything you mention. We know that Parker rough turned the barrels tubes including the taper before assembly and that final striking was done after assembly. This would almost certainly make the bores not concentric with the OD.To bore a set of finished tubes the ID would have to be indicated in as you know and I would still be one nervous guy boring that deep.

You have a whole lot more experience fitting ribs than I do and I find it very educational that there would be that much material removed in that vicinity to fit ribs.

I learned something new today....thanks