OK, I cannot stand it anymore. I love sleeved guns . I would never have been able to own a wonderful Dickson triggerplate, or even a super James Kirk SLE. Let alone a wonderful Lajot from Belgium, if I had not had the guns sleeved. Modern sleeving from England and even in the U.S. is done perfectly , especially on a gun with original fluid steel barrels. The welded joint and the welded and remachined rim recess are not detectable after refinishing . If sleeved, you have a gun that is ready for the next one hundred years, and that's good enough for me. Two decades or so ago , I bought a nice, out of proof Dickson round action. I had it sleeved by John Foster and it is beautiful. I think I had less than $3000 in the gun after sleeving and now I see this type of sleeved gun offered for three or four times what I had invested.
Bringing back a gun with sleeving is a wonderful option, and I encourage the same be done with the cool Woodward Smallbore has. I would love a gun like that.
