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Would anyone have clear close up pic's of both breech and muzzle end of their bbl's done by Teague? Thanks in advance. G

I'd like to know why they can't be installed in the USA

I probably do but the thing is - you can't see anything!

Thre is no visible line unless you know it it there and are looking hard in very good light, maybe with the aid of a magifying glass.

I remember taking an early example to a very experienced dealer at a Game Fair to see what he though of this old Purdey. He noticed teh engraving had been picked-out, that it had been re-browned and one or two other thinks but had to be shown that it was lined. Clearly this was a inspection in 'the rough' as he would have noticed given time and inspection of the proof marks etc but it shows how good the result is.

The problem is- if the lined barrels get dented, raising the dents is very hard. I know one barrel maker struggling at the moment to remove dents from the muzzle of a lined gun. The two steels behave differently and the adhesive must act as ashock absorber, making hammering or pressing dents out a real problem.

The solution - look after those new lined barrels! It is still a good solution to damascus tubes that are too thin to shoot but it is not a set of new damascus barrels and should not be considered as such.

Very interesting reply small bore, I re- browned one recently I agree its easy not to notice, however another browning job came in this week with at least twelve dents in the barrels but looking down the bores there is nothing showing but the outside is pretty rough.

Sounds like they oughta/shoulda lifted all the dents BEFORE they lined the barrels. For what the process costs I can't believe that is not part of the service...Geo

I think the dents arrived after with mine see small bores post

The dent issue is a little trickier than just difficulty in raising the dents. Once the 2 layers of metal are separated, one is liable to get an electrolytic reaction, called cavity corrosion I think, which in time could mean the rotting away of the original iron in that vicinity. This is unproven as yet but I have heard it said by a metallurgist that this is a very real possibility.
2nd problem is that arguably the ribs can not be relaid after having lined the barrels as the heat of the soldering is over the denature temp of the glue that Teague uses.
Moral of all of this is precisely as Small Bore says above, its a good repair but a new set of barrels it is not.
Also, get your ribs relaid before you get the barrels lined.

I had Teague do it on an old C grade Lefever. They did a great job. I think I have some pix. If you email me, I'll attach what I've got to a reply.

Rich

Small oversight: my email address is RichardBrewster@nyc.rr.com

As I understand it, the gun has to go to England, because that is where the machinery is to do the job. Hopefully, Steve will jump in here with more information.

Pete