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Why is it so many Gunsite pic's of sleeved Guns always seem to not quite give a close up of the sleeve joint?
I guess I know why, but the first pics I'd want of a sleeved gun I might want are these very pictures?
If the joint is of the Seamlessly Sleeved variety,then proudly give me a macro shot of the bugger, save us all some wasted time.
If its a horror show, I'll still find out by the pictures I'll request before considering a purchase
What's up with that?, or am I being picky?
I know some put up the good pics, buts its not like I'll not notice a horrific sleeve job
franc
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Franc, if your complaint is being able to see the joint, I'm assuming you don't compare what you're seeing to your typical monobloc gun. On those, some of the makers even give you a touch of engraving on the joint.
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I am betting that Franc, like me, has been mislead by a dealer's description of a "well done" seamless sleeved barrels on a purchase he would never make if he had seen the unsightly seam first.
I do ask for close up photography now before I give second thoughts to an inter net purchase. Like Franc, I wish that they be included in the listing.
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Don't buy sleeved guns.
Problem solved.
Best,
Ted
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it is amusing that some members of this forum concentrate on how guns look and seam to have no interest in how they perform... to my mind, a gun safely sleeved is much more interesting than a nice looking gun that has no functional value due to defective barrels. and I would much rather see a cosmetically imperfect sleeved gun that shoots both barrels to a similar point of aim at a specified distance, rather than a gun with a perfectly sleeved, seamless appearance that shoots all over the place! course, its the same old argument. form verses function...it would be nice if we could have both all the time and at a bargain price!
Last edited by ed good; 06/25/13 09:15 PM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Everyone that complains about seeing the joint, should sleeve one themselves.Then compare theirs to the others.
Mike
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I do not mind a sleeved gun. And some of the joints are worse than others. But I suspect it has as much to do with starting barrels as the quality of the job done. Sometimes two different metals will just not look alike when they are next to one another. I have seen seem-less jobs that were two vastly different colors when finished. To me when it is truly invisible it is as much luck as skill. Now a bad job is neither.
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I have a number of rather nice guns, nothing I would call anything but shooters which is the purchase reason why I bought them. Most have invisible seams....in ordinary light. One doesn't. I kept it after it arrived because it was exactly as described and is a good shooter.
However if the dealer had told me that the seam was barely visible or had not shown the seams in his photos, I would not have kept it, just as I would not keep one that was cosmetically scarred in some other manner and not disclosed.
Good photography is not requesting too much of an internet dealer, IMHO.
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