Originally Posted by Ted Schefelbein
I toured the shop, and met the old man and the eldest boy. They were furnace brazing O/U barrels that day, the shop was neat and well lit. They weren’t very interested in the US market at the time, which, I didn’t really understand, but, they ended up with a few importers over the years. Hope none of them are awaiting a load of new guns anytime soon.
The family was well to do. They made a great living on that name.

Best,
Ted

Ted;

I envy you for being able to visit this great gun maker and especially a great double rifle maker. I cannot tell you how many times I viewed the video (see attached link) showing how VC brazed the shoe lumps onto their barrels. When I decided 12 or so years ago to make a set of shoe lump double rifle barrels, I did so entirely upon my own as I could not find anyone who actually had made a set in the USA where I could learn how to do it. Some claimed to have done it on a double rifle, but there was not empirical evidence of that claim. So I had to learn my self and it required making 11 individual shoe lumps on my milling machine and hand filing to succeed during a six month process.

View this VC video and tell me if you met the VC barrel maker who is building a set of shoe lumps barrels (he is wearing a blue shirt)


Kindest Regards;

Stephen Howell

Last edited by bushveld; 02/20/25 09:40 PM.