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I could be wrong here, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that Keith Kearcher has done this.
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Maybe Keith Kearcher did this one.
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Maybe Keith Kearcher did this one. No. Keith Kearcher did not do this work. I believe I know which English shop did the work, but I am not 100% sure and for obvious reasons I can not ask the owner.
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Today, you would more likely have Teague pull a new tube inside the reamed out damascus. No need to mess up the exterior of the original barrels. I believe the original barrels were cut or one of them had a crack from an obstruction. Again, I can't ask the owner. My curiousity is more about how this would have 'slipped' through the Proof House.
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Note that in the original posting it is stated the gun "WAS" re-proofed. The question concerns the "Sleeve" mark. Anyone know at what point this became a requirement for a sleeved set of bbls.
Perhaps it was sleeved & re-proofed prior to this requirement, or perhaps it was submitted for re-proof with no mention of having been sleeved & as was all Damascus the proofer just failed to notice this fact. Or perhaps he just forgot to place that mark upon it, several possibilities here, may never know for certain.
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I am betting it was reproofed. Would they have to restamp it back then?
Pete
Back when? I may not have been clear. This work was done within the last 5-6 years.
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Drew, No offense was intended and I was planning to copy a couple of those pics when I got to this computer. That was the best pic I have seen of the barrels with the damascus muzzles. The auction catalog pictures were posted a couple years ago but I don't remember that picture.
Mike
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What is the possibility of such a procedure being performed today? Anyone interested? Murph, I think you may have seen this gun.
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Looks like a job for Myth Busters...
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Hello Mike,
For all the excellent things this BBS provides, PMs are not its forte.
I added a dedicated email to my profile.
Best,
JC
"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin
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