Dissimilar double barrels happens I think with all manufactures. What I believe happens is that when the barrels are made and struck, it is very hard to tell what pattern they might be and get mixed up in the separate bins they are marked for.
When they are ready to be joined, a worker grabs two barrels from a bin and sets them up for soldering.
Only till they are rusted will the pattern show clearly.

I would think a dissimilar set would be a bonus.

Last edited by JDW; 01/30/15 08:02 PM.
David