AmarilloMike and I have been back and forth on this subject for quite a long time. I did tell him what comments one very good barrel man had. However, he did not say all were done, just that he had run into it and before doing any choke work he first determines if they're straight or not. If not, he pilots the choke work from the muzzle. I have a hard time believing the vast majority of builders did anything but "regulate" straight tubes while in the jig and ready for soldering the ribs on. And usually they got it very close. It is just beyond credibility to think the guns were taken to a shooting area and shot for POI and then ribs loosened and barrels moved, etc. I mean, does anyone really believe that when Ithaca was making a couple hundred thousand Nitro Specials they did anything like "regulating"? Comm'on.....or, how about many Spanish guns that have the ribs brazed on. The only way to remove the ribs is with a hacksaw.
Last edited by Joe Wood; 05/08/14 12:50 PM.
