|
|
|
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
|
1 members (LRF),
833
guests, and
5
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums10
Topics39,490
Posts562,010
Members14,584
| |
Most Online9,918
Jul 28th, 2025
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,867 Likes: 170
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,867 Likes: 170 |
Looking at an English "Best" side by side. Dealer says the wall thickness is 20th in each barrel. Knowing that the barrel will need re-blacking is this a concern with the wall thickness?
Mike Proctor
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 14,009 Likes: 1817
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 14,009 Likes: 1817 |
For me it would be a deal killer.
May God bless America and those who defend her.
|
|
2 members like this:
John Roberts, Parabola |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 10,719 Likes: 1356
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 10,719 Likes: 1356 |
Was it proofed at .020? That seems awful thin, although, it was done sometimes. Not much to work with there.
Agree with Stan.
Best,
Ted
|
|
1 member likes this:
John Roberts |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,854 Likes: 118
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,854 Likes: 118 |
But where is this .020 on the barrels? If it is near the muzzle I wouldn't be worried if the price was right.
David
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2020
Posts: 1,198 Likes: 550
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2020
Posts: 1,198 Likes: 550 |
If there is any external rusting on the tubes best avoided.
If it is just honest wear to the existing bluing, could you live with it?
At that thickness an over enthusiastic polisher could well take too much off the thickness.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 6,672 Likes: 579
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 6,672 Likes: 579 |
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
|
|
2 members like this:
Ted Schefelbein, John Roberts |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 2,857 Likes: 385
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 2,857 Likes: 385 |
That's less then the gap on spark plugs 5 pieces of 20lb bond paper
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,912 Likes: 215
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,912 Likes: 215 |
Need to know exactly where that spec is in the bore.
Is it in both bores and where.
Do the bbl's need re-blue just for lack of color? Or are they pitted, etc and will need polishing (metal removed).
If the latter, I'd pass.
If it's just color, then it's possible to do that w/o striking, grit polishing, etc. It may not be the prettiest job ever. But it will have bluing back on it.
Plus what are the bore diameters of each bbl? Maybe it's been the recipient of an aggressive pit removal job in the bore(s) and that's where the thin tubes comes from.
If there are no clear answers,,then move on.
|
|
1 member likes this:
Hammergun |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 173 Likes: 32
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 173 Likes: 32 |
IMHO in the near future, there will be opportunity to purchase most whatever we would want. There's no need to compromise on thin barrels. Tomorrow there will be another opportunity. Patience is a virtue.
|
|
1 member likes this:
Stanton Hillis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
