CASE SOLVED!!! I drilled a weep hole in the bottom rib near the barrel flats to add a solution of soda ash to neutralize and rinse the area between the ribs. After drilling the hole I did as suggested above and applied compressed air to this hole to see if I could tell where the leak was. I FOUND IT! There is a hole in the left barrel. It is right where the small pea sized hole filled with solder on the lower rib is that I mentioned above. I suspect I got taken on this one. Someone worked on this barrel and probably knew there was a problem. You could not see the hole unless you looked really close. It look like a small blemish and the rest of the barrel and the right barrel look like a mirror.
I guess I am in the market for a new set of barrels. If you know of a set of Parker Trojan barrels that are available you can PM me at tom@watertechusa.com or call me at 414-303-1727.
What really gets my goat is that I spent 40 hours rust blueing these barrels twice. Thank god this is a hobby!
