Bruce, I believe the prices you mention are in the ballpark, perhaps slightly low. I remember originally they were around 2000.00 or so for the pair, but then they got a U.S. agent and the price doubled. I was told that part of the price increase is that it costs more to send the barrels back and forth from England now (that much??), and I was also TOLD that Teague will no longer line barrels without also re-laying the ribs at the same time. Apparently they had some problems with ribs separating during the process, so they made a re-lay mandatory. That could explain the problem in the pics. Bore them out for the liners on the inside, and re-strike them for a good rib re-fit on the outside, and...oops.
Although they have a U.S. agent, none of the work is done here - they are all sent to Teague in England.
The above was what I was told by the U.S. agent (except for the part about the problem in the pics).
As Brad mentioned, removing the excess solder from the crevice where the rib meets the barrel is a real pain (I've done a few sets) and it takes a lot of filing/scraping/sanding to get it all out of the crevice. You've got to be careful and not let impatience make you heavy-handed.
Jim
Last edited by Jim Williams; 10-12-2010 at 03:32 AM..
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