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Ok edd how do we remotely fire a disassembled set of barrels

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gee drew, you stole my story...not nice...

anyway, here is the rest of the story...

old ed sleeved the barrels, with seams showing...to be safe, he proofed the barrels with winchester proof loads...as promised the gun shot both barrels to point of aim at 30 yards...the finish work could have been better, but thats what i got for a thousand dollars...anyway, the fellow I sold the gun too won his state skeet shooting championship with that old sleeved parker...

thats the story...and as it turned out, l lost money on the deal... so that was the first and last sleeving job old ed ever did for me...

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How did ed remotely proof the barrels ,does winchester sell proof loads and what gun are the proof loads ment for a field gun? Duck gun 3inch mag gun are are guns created equal .are the winchester proof loads equal to Parker proof loads what criteria was used to analyze the gun for damage or was it. "hey it didn't blow up"

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mcc, found this old video...perhaps it will help...

the guy in the rain gear is me...



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Never answer a question,,.... ol edd

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As far as “minimum wall thickness” that I’m comfortable with, it depends on the gun and what cartridges I plan on shooting through it, but I am ok with spots down as low as .018 at the 9” from breech mark. Obviously over .020” is preferred. This assumes suitably thick and unaltered chambers and barrels in otherwise good condition.

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TCN, I hope your figures are transposed from Muzzle to Breech. --018" from the breech would be dangerously thin and a real risk of injury to the shooter/bystander. I would be skeptical of anything less than .040" in a light game gun and prefer to see.045" at a point 9" from breech.


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Sorry, I’ve got bore measurements on the brain, but I do think your minimums are shockingly thick.

Hugh, what would your minimum thickness anywhere be? 20 thous?

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Since this thread is about barrel measurements and their relation to safety, would someone explain how the bore diameter measurements come into play?


The reason for my question: I've got an 1890s EM Reilly 16g with Damascus barrels made by WJ Jeffery sometime between 1927 and 1955 judging by the address (9 Golden Square). I measured the internal diameters and both barrels are smaller than the 0.663 spec of a 16g. The right barrel measures .657 throughout the length. The left barrel measures .658 except for a short section about 3" back from the muzzle where it measures .662. The diameter at the muzzle is back to .658.

I don't know what to make of the section that is .004 wider than the rest of the barrel. I would appreciate any input / education.


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There are no set rules about bore diameters, only that they shall be measured and stamped. That said I have seen 12's with tight bores and what we think of as over bores all being original. As to your left barrel it sounds like some removed a bit of metal to try to get some choke effect in a cylinder gun.

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