Eccentric wall thickness

Brush Buster · 07-07-2011, 12:25 PM

Just to note ,I measured mine also with my " New Hosford Gauge " Every Dam. or Twist gun ,I have ever sold ,I was ask about barrel wall thickness and wanted to know myself ,The gun I am speaking of ,I was very confident the barrel walls were plenty heavy and was very suprised to find this small area with 19 Thou. thickness , the rest of the barrel thickness was excellent !

TARNATION !!! · 07-13-2011, 01:33 PM

From the discussion thus far, it appears that a number of good guns have this eccentricity. If it was due to striking, then it is factory. If it was due to a poor job of honing, it is post manufacture. It would be interesting to measure up a lot of Parkers being shot to see if that is consistent enough theme to suggest it all happened at Meriden. Very interesting findings.
Cheers,
Jack

TARNATION !!! · 07-13-2011, 03:45 PM

Okay, the suspense got to me. I have a GHE Damascus that has also been nitro-proofed and hunted extensively by its previous guardian and for a few trips last year by me. I could not come up with any area along the length of either barrel with BWT less than .030". She's a vg condition shooter and a keeper

Any eccentricity likely resides between this shooters ears

and not in these barrels

Cheers
Jack