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Does anyone know of good gunsmith who is accustomed to working on doubles and has the correct apparatus to raise a dent in the barrel and also ream chokes in chrome bores? I'm looking for someone with a reasonable price because I have purchased two guns with dented barrels and I also have a queue of chrome bore barrels that need their chokes reamed to something more useful. My local smith will do non-chromed bores for $20 per barrel, however he does not want to deal with chrome. I'd like to find someone recommended who can do both and I can ship all the barrels to them at once. I'm in the U.S. Thank you for any assistance...
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I have considered Mr. Orlen, as I know he is generally very well recommended. Any ideas on his current prices for this kind of work?
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Last I saw was this
http://users.dls.net/~rdouglas/MikeOrlen.pdf
I would suggest contacting him
Mike Orlen
79 Salem Street
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 256-1630
fax (413) 253-5665
michael.orlen@verizon.net
Last edited by skeettx; 06/26/17 02:24 PM.
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Opinions vary, but you're now in the middle of the Original vs. Altered debate, as far as Chokes. Much depends on what gun you're talking about.
One position, (which I favor) in regard to Vintage Guns, is to consider using Spreader loads rather than altering the originality of the gun.
Merely my opinion, it's your gun.
Regards
Ken
I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.
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I have considered Mr. Orlen, as I know he is generally very well recommended. Any ideas on his current prices for this kind of work? Contact him and ask. You will find them very reasonable.
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Well it seems like there is only one option! Thanks guys...
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There are options; Abe Chaber,Dan Morgan and any of the smiths that work on double guns can do this.
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There are others who do this work. As a purist of English guns, I believe that Kirk Merrington, the English barrel maker is the best qualified for the work and I have always used him. His website lists his prices.
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