Frame your reply around this, Who said they werent? How would you know? First off I never said anything about cheap, find it and quote me. If you are referring to sleeving a 95gbp Gun, then that would explain your confusion with that simple article. Look Im not here to argue with you, its obvious you dont like themperiod. Im not here to change your mind either! Just stating that sleeving is a very acceptable and reasonable way to get a damaged gun back into action. Read the article again you are missing details there is more than just Purdey in that article and read my first post a little more clearer; really not sure what you are yammin about in the first place. Go ahead!
So, you are of the belief that Mr. barrel guy dismantles the trousers after he cuts off the scrap barrels, and before he builds a sleever?
This is what you believe happens?
It doesnt.
Interesting that a few people here dont seem to understand that I have been in the shop of several rather good gunmakers on the continent, raised the subject with them, learned why they dont do it, and have come to agree with those actual gunmakers on the subject.
I dont have to go back too far to see you saying how very economical sleeving was. You say very economical, I say cheap. Same thing.
While this tread is going along, there is a thread running parallel to it, about what basically was an explosion in the chamber area of a 100 year old gun, that was not sleeved. The methods used to build barrel sets over that time are perishable, think braze, think solder, think 100 years of use and maybe some abuse. I dont want the gun that is at the point that the original barrels are junk. I dont want to pontificate over the different levels of sleeving quality. Using the example of the Purdey mentioned in the article, you would be better off NO MATTER WHAT, just finding a more lightly used example, and buying it. Just because we have guys who dont care what their guns are worth in the future doesnt mean everyone should subscribe to that notion. I dont, by the way.
You feel free to use whatever you like.
Best,
Ted
