Originally Posted By: eightbore
Please give us an example of someone 40 years ago who said a sleeved gun would self destruct in 25 years.

It was a generaly held opinion of the trade .No one said that they would self destruct. It was simply that was how long people thought they would last . Some have'nt lasted that long others have lasted far longer . Some were done much better than others ,I have seen some realy bad jobs and some excelent ones . Like every thing else you got what you paid for ,some folk did'nt want to pay a lot.