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Beautiful job Phil. Aaron's work is superb.
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I am curious. Why did you have only one barrel sleeved? Pitting, thin barrel walls? Is the sleeved barrel still a 20 ga?
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Would someone explain to me and similarly situated dunderheads (that's what my 5th grade teacher called me) what barrel sleeving is and how it is accomplished.
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Aaron does do good work.
The joint looks excellent. And the continuation of the barrel markings over the joints helps it a lot.
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Ribs removed. Barrel cut off at about 3.5" from breech. Monoblock is reamed out. New tube is profiled/struck and turned down to fit inside of original monoblock. The tube is either soldered in or welded to monoblock. New tube is chambered and rim cut. Ribs re-installed. Barrel set struck/polished and blued. One can sleeve gauge to same gauge depending on wall thickness or can step down one gauge. You are thinking of mono-blocking. The two terms are commonly referred to as the same.
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06-14-2016, 09:54 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Here is the scoop on the barrels. The left barrel was bulged about 6" forward from the end of the chamber. Luckily I had purchased 4 original old stock 20 gauge L C Smith barrel tubes years before I purchased the gun. I had sent the gun out previously as I was told by the Smith it was repairable. Unfortunately it turned out not so good and I felt it was not safe since the outside was struck down .035.
I read something one day about Aaron and decided to give him a call. After discussing with Aaron what I had, he felt pretty confident in replacing only the left barrel. Which is what I preferred. George I am attaching a few pictures shortly of the sleeving work. It is monoblocked. The terminology of sleeving and lining always seems a little confusing. |
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Thanks for speaking up George, like you I could use a liitle "educating".
The gun looks great!
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