SKB, I would rather catch weeds in ribless barrels that I can clean with my bare hands than corrosion in between the ribs that eats my barrels away, unseen and silent If the gap bothers aesthetically it can be hidden by two detachable carbon fiber strips weighing 20 grams.
The following is from a statement of one of the Brown gunmaking family regarding the Martin ribless:
"Other advantages claimed were: 1) A quarter pound of useless metal is removed. 2) Removing this weight from the barrels makes the gun lighter forward, giving the left arm less work, more control, and an easier swing. 3) The usual hollow space between the barrels in which corrosion can take place undetected is eliminated."
And since the primary subject is sleeving as a repair method, it might be worth thinking of going ribless when sleeving for the reasons mentioned above.
Last edited by Shotgunlover; 01/24/20 05:30 PM.
