This thread touched a tender button. Do yourself a favor and send the barrels to Briley. They have sophisticated machine tools to do it right and absolutely same size along the length of the bores. I learned my lesson when I sent a set of valuable classic American SxS barrels to a certain gunsmith who's name is often mentioned here. I'd done a lot of prework with him and we agreed on the details of the honing. After MUCH LONGER than he quoted, numerous phone calls that were not returned, false promises of new dates, more phone calls, etc. - the barrels were returned and the bore gauge showed they were like an Anaconda that had swallowed a couple of meals in succession. I'm exaggerating here to make my point, but they had variable dimensions, opened up and became smaller randomly by 3-4 thou along their lengths. That may not bother you but it did me. Barrel wall was okay but on the low side.
I do not mean to disparage anyone. I'm sure there are several well qualified gunsmiths who can do it right. The guy I picked was not one of them. Want to take a chance on someone? Go to it. However, at $150.00 per tube by Briley you can be assured you're dealing with a company that has Sunnen hones and qualified operators, also assets to correct problems due to human error and/or reimburse you if something goes wrong. Silvers
