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If the bulge isn't too bad, they can be taken out, especially in sections where the wall thickness is thinner.
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Since the bulge is that close to the end of the muzzles ,I don't believe the bulge is a big deal really ,I think If it were mine I would just let it original and not worry about it ! Of course just my opinion , it is yours so its up to you !
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Depending on the severity (height deviation from surrounding surface) Bulges can be tapped back down, against a mandrel. If chamber bulges can be tapped down, with thick walls, thinner walls further up the barrel shouldn't be difficult. Consultation with John Hosford or Breck Gorman would be a good starting point. That would be my route before I opted for something else, which will certainly impact the value as much as 50%.
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What Edgar said.
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Almost all vintage SxS's have tapered chokes and as Edgar has written it's fairly easy to carefully tap down the choke bulge against a mandrel made on the lathe to exactly match the choke taper. Then if desired the outside of the tube can be "struck" and spot reblued. I've done that a few times now on different maker guns and with excellent results. Note that I'm a hobbyist and only work on my own guns but IMO it's worth a search to find a good 'smith with available time to do that before cutting the tubes.
Here's one made for the leade into a Fox choke, it has .013" taper over the length of the mandrel. That's blue Dykem over the steel. . |
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"Gauge Pins" are solid steel cylindrically shaped plugs about 2" long available in sets with diameter variations of .001" each. They are used as Frank describes and work great. I use multiple pins and gradually work the bore up to proper size.
I have two (2) sets which cover diameters of 20, 16 and 12 GA bore diameters. I think I recall paying about $60 a set on ebay. Bob Jurewicz |
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