doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com So you said you wanted a Prussian Chas Daly

As far as losing 50 in shipping, I've lost much more than that one day at the track. And sometimes much more.

Also to the guy bidding against me, another 15 bucks and it's your tomato stake.

I wish you luck and hope that those barrels are solid. If the stock head has split and or cracked I would not do the butt transplant. If the barrels are good then a new stock would be an option. Never add up the money or even time in a project gun if you can help it. As to value who knows. Sometimes just bringing a gun back from ruin makes it worth while. There was a high grade Lefever that was cleaned up and made into a decent shooter that many experts had passed on as being too far gone. It lives. Perhaps you found another one.

Here is a rare situation, the buyer fully understands what he is getting in to and is able to do much of the work himself. Additionally he has done his research and found cost effective options for the work he can not complete on his own. This is the only way a gun like this ever makes sense. Best of luck with the barrels and if you decide to keep it please post pictures of the progress. It is a neat gun. I have always wanted to build a mild custom on Lindner basket case. Maybe someday.

The seller really didn't explain to me the extent of damage covered by the patches in the grip area. The buyer will probably explain those patches to us when he gets the gun. Kody Kearcher will do a butt transplant for well under $800 if you supply the "butt". A friend has told me that Lightweight or Featherweight Dalys do not have particularly thin barrel walls. When we get the word on the stock head and barrel walls, we may change our opinion of this gun. It is more than a $1500 gun if it is done right. I sold the famous Doug Mann two barrel Diamond Grade set to him for $1200. The last time it sold, the asking price was over $8000 and worth every penny of thst price. I wish I had before pictures of that gun. After pictures are all over the internet.

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dents usually do not put me off but.......

Yikes! Now THAT'S a barrel dent. It looks like someone hit it with a ball peen hammer. I wonder if the barrel would crack/split if someone would try to remove it? If that happens, then the next question would be if laser welding the split/cracks would be an option. Laser welding has been mentioned on the internet, does anyone have any experiences with it as far as fixing small cracks or splits? I read that the late Tony Treadwell used it for filling pits on actions, but is it viable for barrel repair?
Regards
Ken

I have seen a patch that was brazed on a barrel in this type of location. Damascus barrel with a section of twist barrel used to repair a hole which was 10 x 20mm. It was an old repair which had lasted decades. So repairs can be done. I try to raise the dent and see if it cracks. Laser welding might be an option. Pressures that far out are pretty low.

Well first I would talk about price. That repair is risky and the selling price needs to be a lot lower to make me want to risk it. Others may be more open to the risk.

Some good news and some news I kind of expected.

The ugly cut outs were to cover up a split head stock. I was holding out hope that it wasn't but expected the worse. But to be honest it is very solid atleast with the stock on. Also at sometime in its hard life the comb has been damaged because it's not the original half. No problem because the gun will now require a butt transplant as expected anyway.

The good news is the barrels are actually very good. Minus the exterior of course. They are solid, ring true up and down. No dents or bulges. The bores are excellent not perfect but very good. No honing required. I took some quick wall thickness measurements and found nothing under 30 thou. I'm a little surprised at this and plan to measure more through again before my inspection time expires.

Good to hear the barrels are solid. If the stock split repair holds the butt transplant solves a lot of issues. People fail to understand the value of paint as a preservative on barrels. I have seen other guns which had a paint job that did a very good job of keeping them good after a lot of abuse. One gun was a fowl weather duck gun which must have seen every nasty hunting day for decades and the barrels were like new under the paint layers.ooked like the paint was patched repeatedly as it wore and chipped off.

You are exactly right about the paint.