A friend, and fellow competitor, John Truitt, shoots 34" Parkers that he has had sleeved. The way he gets around the weight forward bias issue is to have the barrels sent back to him before they are blued. He strikes them himself until he gets the handling characteristics he desires. I plan to blueprint my 30" barrels then strike the longer ones to the same dims. The extra weight in the last two inches at the muzzle will then be countered by adding a bit of weight on the butt end, giving me a gun that handles very, very close to what I am shooting now, but a bit heavier, which is what I want for serious comp work. I will choke them no more open than .015 and .015". The 30" BSS I am shooting now for comp and ducks is .018" and .018". I am not interested in trying to mimic a "best gun"s handling characteristics. That is exactly NOT what is best for serious clay shooting.
He had Briley do all of his, and is well pleased with the results. I talked with him extensively about it at the last Fall Southern. I was curious concerning his feelings about Briley's sleeving because another good friend near Houston has told me bad reports about their sleeving work in the last few years.
SRH
Last edited by Stan; 04/26/15 06:46 AM.
